Gameday Thread: Nationals vs Reds, Game 1 (L)

[Kenz aFan]

Elizardo Ramirez (0-0, -.--)
Ramirez has been called up from Triple-A Louisville to replace Eric Milton, who is scheduled to have arthroscopic left knee surgery. Ramirez is 0-1 with a 3.94 ERA in three starts at Louisville, but has not issued a walk while striking out 15 in his 16 innings.


Livan Hernandez (1-2, 7.11)
Hernandez will face the Reds for the 11th time in his career. He is 2-5 with a 4.96 ERA against them. In his last outing, Hernandez pitched 7 1/3 innings and gave up six runs on eight hits against the Phillies. He was cruising in the first seven innings before allowing a two-run homer to Bobby Abreu in the eighth. It was the third home run Hernandez had given up in the game and ninth home run overall this season.

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Cincinnati Reds           Washington Nationals

Ryan Freel (CF)           Alfonso Soriano (LF)
Felipe Lopez (SS)         Jose Vidro (2B)
Adam Dunn (LF)            Nick Johnson (1B)
Austin Kearns (RF)        Jose Guillen (RF)
Scott Hatteberg (1B)      Ryan Zimmerman (3B)
Edwin Encarnacion (3B)    Ryan Church (CF)
Brandon Phillips (2B)     Royce Clayton (SS)
Javier Valentin (C)       Brian Schneider (C)
Elizardo Ramirez (P)      Livan Hernandez (P)

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Cincinnati Reds
                        AB   R   H RBI  TB  BB   K   AVG   OBP   SLG   OPS
R. Freel, CF             3   1   1   0   1   1   0  .298  .467  .386  .853
F. Lopez, SS             4   1   2   1   3   0   1  .288  .367  .462  .829
A. Dunn, LF              4   0   0   1   0   0   1  .242  .416  .621 1.037
A. Kearns, RF            4   1   1   0   1   0   2  .303  .369  .592  .961
S. Hatteberg, 1B         4   0   0   0   0   0   0  .283  .431  .435  .866
E. Encarnacion, 3B       4   0   1   1   2   0   0  .266  .382  .531  .913
  D. Weathers, P         0   0   0   0   0   0   0    -     -     -     -
B. Phillips, 2B          4   0   1   0   1   0   0  .362  .362  .660 1.022
J. Valentin, C           4   1   2   0   4   0   0  .261  .292  .391  .683
E. Ramirez, P            3   0   1   0   1   0   0  .333  .333  .333  .666
  B. Shackelford, P      0   0   0   0   0   0   0    -     -     -     -
  T. Coffey, P           0   0   0   0   0   0   0    -     -     -     -
  R. Aurilia, PH-3B      1   0   0   0   0   0   0  .263  .317  .474  .791
Totals                  35   4   9   3  13   1   4    -     -     -     -

Washington Nationals
                        AB   R   H RBI  TB  BB   K   AVG   OBP   SLG   OPS
A. Soriano, LF           4   1   2   0   2   0   0  .338  .384  .625 1.009
J. Vidro, 2B             4   1   1   0   1   0   0  .361  .405  .542  .947
N. Johnson, 1B           2   0   1   1   1   1   0  .388  .512  .687 1.199
J. Guillen, RF           4   0   1   1   1   0   1  .291  .365  .436  .801
R. Zimmerman, 3B         4   0   0   0   0   0   0  .219  .310  .315  .625
R. Church, CF            3   0   0   0   0   1   0  .281  .395  .781 1.176
R. Clayton, SS           4   0   1   0   2   0   2  .258  .292  .303  .595
B. Schneider, C          4   0   0   0   0   0   1  .180  .286  .197  .483
L. Hernandez, P          2   0   0   0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .750 1.083
  M. Anderson, PH        1   0   0   0   0   0   0  .118  .250  .118  .368
  J. Eischen, P          0   0   0   0   0   0   0    -     -     -     -
  J. Rauch, P            0   0   0   0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000  .000
  D. Ward, PH            1   0   0   0   0   0   0  .308  .400  .923 1.323
Totals                  33   2   6   2   7   2   5    -     -     -     -

B: Cin 2, F. Lopez (5), E. Encarnacion (8). Was 1, R. Clayton (3).
3B: Cin 1, J. Valentin (1).

Cincinnati Reds
                        IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR   BFP   Pit   ERA   BAA
E. Ramirez (W 1-0)     7.0   6   2   2   1   4   0    28    94  2.57  .222
B. Shackelford         0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0     2     5  0.00  .167
T. Coffey              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0     2     4  0.90  .256
D. Weathers (Save 5)   1.0   0   0   0   1   1   0     4    16  3.12  .138

Washington Nationals
                        IP   H   R  ER  BB   K  HR   BFP   Pit   ERA   BAA
L. Hernandez (L 1-3)   7.0   8   4   4   1   3   0    29   118  6.68  .329
J. Eischen             1.0   0   0   0   0   1   0     3    10 12.86  .300
J. Rauch               1.0   1   0   0   0   0   0     4    21  1.46  .167

Errors: Cin, E. Encarnacion (8). Was, J. Guillen (1).
Double Plays: Was 1 (Vidro to Clayton to N.Johnson).
Stolen Bases: Cin, B. Phillips (1).
Hit by Pitch: Was, N. Johnson by B. Shackelford.

Umpires: HP--Iassogna, 1B--Hoye, 2B--Kulpa, 3B--Scott.
Time: 2:38
Attendance - 19,264

[Nationalzfanatic88]

with the way most of our team is hitting, I expect a good clean whipping of this AAA guy. If not, then I call this season quits

[Nationalzfanatic88]

well Livo starts by allowing a single!!

[tomterp]

I expect the Reds to score a bazillionty seven runs tonight.

[Nationalzfanatic88]

and follows it up with a triple: way to NOT SUCK Livo.

REDS 1
Nats 0

[Vladman1327]

Well a double and an error...same difference anyway.

[Vladman1327]

Not fair...one of the worst pitchers this year against the best lineup in the National League... :cry:

[Nationalzfanatic88]

RBI Ground out

REDS 2
NATS 0

Any chance of sending Livo to the Minors, let him get his game back together. Nothing in Spring Training would've predicted this.

[Nationalzfanatic88]

Not fair...one of the worst pitchers this year against the best lineup in the National League... :cry:

are you talking about us or the Reds, cuz either works

[Nationalzfanatic88]

well for the way Livo has been pitching lately, 2 runs in the first inning aint THAT bad...come on let's crush this AAA clown!!

[Kenz aFan]

and follows it up with a triple: way to NOT SUCK Livo.

REDS 1
Nats 0

And you called THEIR pitcher the "AAA guy" The way Livan has been pitching this year, I'm not sure who the weaker pitcher is. It would be nice if the Nats had a "AAA guy" pitching for them, instead of Livan Tub-O-Lard...

[PC]

When your ERA is 7.17 at the beginning of a game and it goes UP after the first inning, that's not good.

[PC]

well for the way Livo has been pitching lately, 2 runs in the first inning aint THAT bad...come on let's crush this AAA clown!!

Three runs.  :cry:

[PC]

The way Hernandez is pitching, we're going to need 8 or 9 runs if we want to have a chance to win this game.

[Nat of the Living Dead]

This guy is our ace?  Cripes.

[PC]

Well, their pitcher's ERA is 27.00  

So I guess it might work out after all!

[Kenz aFan]

When your ERA is 7.17 at the beginning of a game and it goes UP after the first inning, that's not good.

The sad part is, even if his ERA was at 20.00 to start the game, it would have gone up after the 1st inning...  :cry:

[Kenz aFan]

This guy is our ace?  Cripes.

He's the Nats "ACE PLUS' with the PLUS being all the extra weight he's carrying.

[Nationalzfanatic88]

well for the way Livo has been pitching lately, 2 runs in the first inning aint THAT bad...come on let's crush this AAA clown!!

Three runs.  :cry:

what happened was..I quickly checked the score 2-0, with 2 outs..I turned off the TV and literally 10 seconds later, I check again and its commericals so I assumed that it was only 2 runs..way to give up a run in the span of 10 seconds.

[Nationalzfanatic88]

This guy is our ace?  Cripes.

He's the Nats "ACE PLUS' with the PLUS being all the extra weight he's carrying.

ur very unking to overweight people..and besides Livan's lost a LOT of weight compared to last year

[Kenz aFan]

Oh no, even their catcher got a triple off Livan...

[Kenz aFan]

ur very unking to overweight people..and besides Livan's lost a LOT of weight compared to last year

The man is SUPPOSED to be a PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE... This isn't SUMO Wrestling.

[PC]

Is he going to make it through the 3rd inning?

[KyleScha]

This is the worst umpire behind the plate i've ever seen.

[Nationalzfanatic88]

well at this current rate, he is averaging 2 runs per inning so, he should only give up 10 runs in his abbreviated 5 innings of work