Nationals vs Blue Jays, Game 3, Revenge of the 5th

[nats2playoffs]

Revenge of the 5th

     
WASHINGTON NATIONALS
vs. TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 1:35 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 88.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Rain, 67 degrees, wind 6 mph out to left field

NATIONALS
CF Jacob Young
SS CJ Abrams
2B Luis García Jr.
DH Nick Senzel
LF Jesse Winker
1B Joey Meneses
C Keibert Ruiz
RF Eddie Rosario
3B Trey Lipscomb

LHP MacKenzie Gore

BLUE JAYS
RF George Springer
1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
DH Justin Turner
SS Bo Bichette
LF Davis Schneider
CF Daulton Varsho
C Alejandro Kirk
2B Isiah Kiner-Falefa
3B Ernie Clement

RHP Alek Manoah


WEATHER DELAY!!!

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Revenge time! Of course, that make us the Sith.

[imref]

A very young Daniel Murphy interview was just on MASN.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

normal defensive alignment at 3rd, DH, and 1st. Rosario gets a reward of another start vs a righty after an OK (?) day yesterday.

Ghost Mears at Talk Nats picks apart the decision yesterday to play Lipscomb at 1st. More or less, it's not experiment time for him there, and clearly he needs work. This is what the minors is for. Defense cost a winnable game, and the alignment was off all the way around.
https://www.talknats.com/2024/05/04/defense-matters-cannot-be-said-enough/

Add in some overlooked plays, like Garcia not flipping the ball to Abrams for the easier DP and instead taking it himself and throwing the jump throw behind the bag to lipscomb, who couldn't tag 1st, wasn't an E officially but was very costly.

[imref]

This Nats team on MASN right was arguably our best.

[Smithian]

They could be in second inning already. Dumb rain delay.

[nats2playoffs]

Stephen "Obi-Wan" Strasburg
- alternate program, from the Multiverse

[nobleisthyname]

Have they said how long the delay is?

[varoadking]

normal defensive alignment at 3rd, DH, and 1st. Rosario gets a reward of another start vs a righty after an OK (?) day yesterday.

Ghost Mears at Talk Nats picks apart the decision yesterday to play Lipscomb at 1st. More or less, it's not experiment time for him there, and clearly he needs work. This is what the minors is for. Defense cost a winnable game, and the alignment was off all the way around.
https://www.talknats.com/2024/05/04/defense-matters-cannot-be-said-enough/

Add in some overlooked plays, like Garcia not flipping the ball to Abrams for the easier DP and instead taking it himself and throwing the jump throw behind the bag to lipscomb, who couldn't tag 1st, wasn't an E officially but was very costly.

Yet another dave blunder...it makes no sense moving people all around the diamond and batting order as much as he does...and he does this all the time...dumbass...

[Smithian]

Yet another dave blunder...it makes no sense moving people all around the diamond and batting order as much as he does...and he does this all the time...dumbass...

It was a fair experiment if 15 games under .500 in August. It was dumb for a .500 team in May.

[imref]

Have the said how long the delay is?

last time I saw Kolko come on he didn’t have a firm time. Tarp is still on.

[RobDibblesGhost]

3:00 start.

[imref]

3:00 start.

[nats2playoffs]

Jayson Werth's horse, Dornoch, finished 10th at the Kentucky Derby 2024, much better than expected. He had won a race to qualify.
 


Dornoch is coming off a fourth-place finish at Blue Grass Stakes in early April. Here's a full look at how Dornoch has performed in recent races:

Maiden Special Weight (7/29/23 at Saratoga) — 2nd
2023 Sapling (8/26/23 at Monmouth Park) — 2nd
Maiden Special Weight (10/14/23 at Keeneland) — 1st
2023 Remsen (12/2/23 at Aqueduct) — 1st
2024 Fountain of Youth (3/2/24 at Gulfstream Park) — 1st
2024 Blue Grass Stakes (4/6/24 at Keeneland) — 4th

[NatNasty]

Defense dave cost a winnable game, and the alignment was off all the way around.

fixed

Just whipped up a batch of skillet cornbread.  Nats have never lost when I've made skillet cornbread.

[Smithian]

Dumbest rain delay since like 2011 when they cancelled the Pirates game a few hours early and the weather turned out beautiful

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Jayson Werth's horse, Dornoch, finished 10th at the Kentucky Derby 2024, much better than expected. He had won a race to qualify.
 
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The beard is just too . . . un-Werthian.

[varoadking]

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Isn't that TayTay's main squeeze?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Isn't that TayTay's main squeeze?

now that you mention it . . . explains the unWerth look

[varoadking]

now that you mention it . . . explains the unWerth look

This is the jailbird yesterday at Churchill Downs:



...with a Pearl wannabe in tow apparently...

[JCA-CrystalCity]

First time they wear the v neck this year?

[imref]

Can’t say I like these unis

[Slateman]

This uni sucks

[KV]

I like the new look unis. 

[Natsinpwc]

I like the new look unis.

Me too.