Author Topic: Gameday Thread: Nationals @ Rockies, Game 1 (Read 19699 times)

Kenz aFan · « **Topic Start:** August 12, 2005, 03:45:33 PM »

Game Time: 9:05 PM

Esteban Loaiza, RHP (6-8, 3.63)
Loaiza will face the Rockies for the 10th time in his career. He is 3-2 with a 6.27 ERA against them. In his last start, it looked like Loaiza had a solid outing against the Padres, but manager Frank Robinson was not pleased that Loaiza gave up big base hits to a pitcher and two position players who do not play on a regular basis. The Padres blanked the Nationals, 3-0.

Jamey Wright, RHP (6-12, 5.85)
Wright has displayed inconsistency throughout the season. But things could become better if he can figure out what to do about the first inning, when opponents bat .383 against him.

Starting Lineups:

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   Washington             Colorado
1. Brandon Watson, LF     Larry Bigbie, CF
2. Jose Vidro, 2B         Luis A. Gonzalez, 2B
3. Nick Johnson, 1B       Todd Helton, 1B
4. Jose Guillen, RF       Matt Holliday, LF
5. Vinny Castilla, 3B     Jorge Piedra, RF
6. Brian Schneider, C     Garrett Atkins, 3B
7. Preston Wilson, CF     J.D. Closser, C
8. Cristian Guzman, SS    Omar Quintanilla, SS
9. Esteban Loaiza, P      Jamey Wright, P

Dave B · « **Reply #1:** August 12, 2005, 03:55:20 PM »

hmmm. a righty. who gets to play watson or wilson?

Kenz aFan · « **Reply #2:** August 12, 2005, 04:10:50 PM »

Frank Robinson doesn't know squat when it comes to managing... I have a sad feeling Watson will sit again tonight because it would be embarrassing to sit Wilson after trading Day to the Rockies for him. Unless Guillen aggravated his should last night and sits, Watson rides the pine.

tomterp · « **Reply #3:** August 12, 2005, 04:15:44 PM »

C'mon Ken, there's not another manager in baseball who would have thought to bat Wilkerson 3rd, and Johnson 6th.

JMW IV · « **Reply #4:** August 12, 2005, 06:54:29 PM »

Just wanted to send some good luck.

I'm not gonna be around, I am about to leave to go to New York, I'll be back tomorrow afternoon.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NATS!

our bats should wake up in Coors.

Montcobaseball · « **Reply #5:** August 12, 2005, 08:32:28 PM »

One of the few Friday night games not on tv. Any excuse for this? Does 20 have a stupid comedy debut?

Montcobaseball · « **Reply #6:** August 12, 2005, 08:59:45 PM »

Guzman at short and Wilson in center. Wake me when its over.

Kenz aFan · « **Reply #7:** August 12, 2005, 09:07:45 PM »

Quote from: "tomterp"

C'mon Ken, there's not another manager in baseball who would have thought to bat Wilkerson 3rd, and Johnson 6th.

Or tonight's lineup as well...

esoteric · « **Reply #8:** August 12, 2005, 09:11:48 PM »

Quote from: "Montcobaseball"

Guzman at short and Wilson in center. Wake me when its over.

GUUUZ is inexcusable, but I do want to see Preston Wilson hitting in Coors Field. After all, if he's just a "Coors hitter" then it sure makes sense to start him when you're there.

esoteric · « **Reply #9:** August 12, 2005, 09:12:22 PM »

Nice going Brandon Watson, Jose Vidro, and Nick Johnson! 1-2-3, nobody out, and it's 1-0.

esoteric · « **Reply #10:** August 12, 2005, 09:13:13 PM »

I'm sorry, Guillen is a frickin' moron for playing. Somebody needs to tell this guy he's not doing us any favors.

(just watch, he'll go yard right after I hit 'submit')

edit: Off by a bit. A 2-RBI single! 3-0, and I guess even a crippled Guillen can hit off of these pathetic mooks in Coors.

Now let's see if Preston Wilson and Vinny Castilla can.

tomterp · « **Reply #11:** August 12, 2005, 09:13:22 PM »

I like 1 - 3, but would put Schneider 4th the way he's been hitting. Everybody likes to alternate righty/lefty, so okay, put Schneider 5th. He's the only hot hitter we have.

Nick's not hitting but he's still walking, everybody's pitching around him.

joabee · « **Reply #12:** August 12, 2005, 09:13:26 PM »

The bats are alive. Keep going!!!

esoteric · « **Reply #13:** August 12, 2005, 09:16:32 PM »

So far the answer as regards Vincente Castilla is "no."

Jayman77 · « **Reply #14:** August 12, 2005, 09:16:33 PM »

Excellent. Now it would be nice to see if they could do this against other teams.

esoteric · « **Reply #15:** August 12, 2005, 09:18:45 PM »

We retain our inerrant expertise in the art of the improbably inflicted double-play.

arrrrgh.

joabee · « **Reply #16:** August 12, 2005, 09:21:40 PM »

Quote from: "esoteric"

We retain our inerrant expertise in the art of the improbably inflicted double-play.

arrrrgh.

That's something you can't teach, we just got a natural ability...

Kenz aFan · « **Reply #17:** August 12, 2005, 09:51:23 PM »

And 30 minutes after joabee's post, Ken hears his own echo as he talks to himself

joabee · « **Reply #18:** August 12, 2005, 09:54:16 PM »

Quote from: "Kenz aFan"

And 30 minutes after joabee's post, Ken hears his own echo as he talks to himself

Where is everybody? Wouldn't it be nice to score some runs and for once put away a W early in the game. Is it too much to ask for?

The Chief · « **Reply #19:** August 12, 2005, 09:55:11 PM »

Yeah jeez c'mon guys, don't tell me after back-to-back days of record-breaking WNFF.net traffic that everyone's decided to give up on the Nats now that they're playing potentially the easiest series of the year? Let's see some enthusiasm!

joabee · « **Reply #20:** August 12, 2005, 09:56:15 PM »

Quote from: "The Chief"

Yeah jeez c'mon guys, don't tell me after back-to-back days of record-breaking WNFF.net traffic that everyone's decided to give up on the Nats now that they're playing potentially the easiest series of the year? Let's see some enthusiasm!

That's the spirit. Go nats!!!

The Chief · « **Reply #21:** August 12, 2005, 09:59:53 PM »

alright, 1-2-3 inning for Esteban

joabee · « **Reply #22:** August 12, 2005, 10:04:04 PM »

Maybe we can get something started here.

Kenz aFan · « **Reply #23:** August 12, 2005, 10:05:42 PM »

Do you think maybe the guys wore themselves out with their record posting the last couple of days?

Kenz aFan · « **Reply #24:** August 12, 2005, 10:07:38 PM »

OMG they MADE Castilla RUN LOLOLOLOL