by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears
The Washington Nationals are back home and have the Marlins for the weekend. Tonight is Mike Rizzo bobblehead night, and the first 20,000 fans will snag one of those. Tonight’s starter, MacKenzie Gore, is pitching on extra rest due to a fingernail problem. Gore pitched to a Nats win over Atlanta on June 8.
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What could have been, is usually how a team replays it in their minds, after a loss. The Washington Nationals were riding a 5-game winning streak coming into this game. They got everything they needed from starter Patrick Corbin who gave up only one-run in 5⅓ innings. The offense, defense, bullpen, and extreme BABIP bad luck were an issue. The bullpen didn’t miss enough bats when they needed strikeouts in this 7-2 loss. Also, 2-runs was not going to cut it for an offense that saw their bats go cold for the most part.
The team’s last 6-game winning streak was on September 27 of 2019. The pitcher who started that streak: Corbin. How do you like that for some historical coincidence. Unfortunately, the Nats bullpen feels like a bicameral split between good and bad. Kyle Finnegan and Hunter Harvey on the good side then everyone else. Finnegan and Harvey have a combined 2.42 ERA and most of that in high leverage spots, and the rest of the bullpen has a 4.67 ERA and that doesn’t include the 35 inherited runners who have scored mostly on the starter’s ERAs.
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The Washington Nationals just notched a 5-game winning streak last night for the first time since June 24 of 2021. They managed that by skipping Patrick Corbin‘s scheduled start on Tuesday as the team took advantage of Monday’s day-off. Now, Corbin is going to the mound today with three extra rest days and history on the line. The team’s last 6-game winning streak was on September 27 of 2019. The pitcher who started that streak: Corbin. That was then, and this is now. Will this be a history lesson or will history be made?
Can this 2024 version of Corbin pitch a winner for the Nats today? He might have to pitch deep into this game after the hi-lev bullpen arms have all been used in this series already.
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The Washington Nationals just completed a 17 consecutive game marathon on Sunday. They brought forward some momentum to Detroit and won last night to push the Nats winning streak to 4-games which tied their best mark of the season. With Jake Irvin on the mound tonight, the team hope to continue his success from his previous start. Last week Irvin pitched a 6.0 inning scoreless gem against the Braves. Now Irvin has to hope to replicate that success against the Tigers.
There was a roster move today after Joey Gallo injured his left hamstring last night and was placed on the 10-day IL. The immediate solution was a call-up of Trey Lipscomb for his third stint this season so far with the big league team.
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Last night, manager Dave Martinez confirmed that his first baseman, Joey Gallo, pulled his hamstring, and the team would need to get a player to Detroit. Just as Gallo finally started hitting the past 16-games at a .262 pace and a .762 OPS with Gold Glove level defense. Even his K-rate dropped to 35.4 percent from the stratosphere. His IL stint that ended in early May for a sore shoulder turned out to be the fix to turn around Gallo’s season. He had become a positive contributor.
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The Washington Nationals just completed a 17-game consecutive game marathon. They could have given their five starting pitchers an extra rest day — but instead they decided to skip Patrick Corbin‘s turn in the rotation, and will keep the other four starters on normal rest for their fourth time through the rotation. There is another day-off in five days, so another chance at an extra rest day is coming up.
Tonight, Mitchell Parker takes the mound for his 11th start of this season. The lefty is coming off another good start last week against the Braves in which he had thrown 6.0 scoreless innings, and just like the week before, he gave up a 2-run homer to Adam Duvall in an unfortunate case of history repeating itself.
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The Washington Nationals just did a complete 180° turn this week from a 4-game losing streak to a 3-game winning streak. That just reinforces that you’re never as bad as you look when you’re losing, and as good as you look when you’re winning. Somewhere between those points is where every team is at the end and according to their record. But until we get to that point, the statistics and the record define you at nearly every step of the way.
When you’re a team that is not smashing home runs, you’re relying on BABIP which is simply the non-home run balls that you make contact on and put in play, resulting in the batting average on those balls in play.
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The Washington Nationals will have DJ Herz on the mound for his second career start after his debut five days ago. The Braves will have an MLB debut for their top pitching prospect, 22-year-old right-hander, Hurston Waldrep. He was drafted in the first round less than 12 months ago from the University of Florida and has just 18 pro starts across the Braves’ various minor league levels. The Nats are up 2-1 in this 4-game series, and have won 5-of-7 games so far against the Braves this season. Tomorrow is a day-off and this game completes the long 17-game consecutive game marathon.
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The Washington Nationals stopped their losing streak and got their fifth one-run win of the season last night. This team continues to get some great starting pitching, and last night it was Jake Irvin leading the way.
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The Washington Nationals are now tailspinning from a 4-game losing streak. When they had a no-hitter through five innings from Mitchell Parker, and a 2-0 lead going into the 7th inning — they gave the game away last night. We are all frustrated, and this team just can’t put it all together. Tonight, Jake Irvin needs to be the stopper, and his offense needs to give him some much-needed run support.
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