Nationals @ Braves, Game 1

[cmdterps44]

Game Time: 7:10 PM (ET)
Venue: Turner Field
TV: MASN HD / ESPN
Radio: WFED 1500, 106.7 The Fan

I decided to add songs based on their topic/title to players just because.
Warning: Some youtube videos are NSFW (lyrics).

(13-12)  Stephen Strasburg (1-4, 3.16 ERA) CF 2B LF RF 1B SS 3B C P

(15-9) Julio Teheran, RHP (1-0, 5.48 ERA) RF Jordan Schafer SS Andrelton Simmons LF Justin Upton 1B Freddie Freeman 3B Chris Johnson 2B Dan Uggla CF B.J. Upton C Gerald Laird P Julio Teheran

                                 

[mmzznnxx]

• Tracy in
• LaRoche in

This could be ugly. We really need to play well and win some of these games.

[sportsfan882]

Need to make a statement tonight. Our #1 vs their #5. Gotta win. Strasburg needs to set the tone early.

[Baseball is Life]

I have a feeling Stras is going to pitch a gem tonight. Barves have struggled lately, played late last night, and he seemed locked in after the first inning of his last start....

[sportsfan882]

I hope the Nats watched the Tigers vs Braves series footage. The Tigers put on a clinic on how to pitch to them. Evan Gattis has a HUGE hole in his swing when you throw it on the outer hal of the plate, he can't hit it.

[hammondsnats]

"I'm a loser baby........"

[ZimW1N]

Eww. Danny Espinosa in the 2 hole. I thought the point was to get people on base before Harper comes up to bat.

[Kentucky_National]

Espinosa in the 2 hole...yikes

[Copecwby20]

Bryce hooked it up today!!!

[hammondsnats]

Espinosa in the lineup...yikes

Fixed

[sportsfan882]

Tim Kurkjian ‏@Kurkjian_ESPN 1m
At Nats-Braves on ESPN at 7 pm et. Watch Strasburg early. He has allowed a baserunner in the first inning in each of his last nine starts.

[mitlen]

Often times it's allowed for him by an error.

[spidernat]

Often times it's allowed for him by an error.

8 runs, 6 earned.

[spidernat]

Johnny Holliday called Laroche's 0-26 slump "a little bump on the road".

[mitlen]

8 runs, 6 earned.

Is that the first inning?   If so, that sucks.

[Squab]

Is that the first inning?   If so, that sucks.

Yeah. He's allowed 6 ER in the 1st, 5 in the 6th, and that's it.

[spidernat]

Is that the first inning?   If so, that sucks.

Yes.

[spidernat]

For the out of towners, are you getting to see this game on ESPN?

[sportsfan882]

The ESPN broadcast isn't blacked out locally? weird

[nats2playoffs]

Johnny Holliday called Laroche's 0-26 slump "a little bump on the road".

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Johnny's a buttlick.  EVERY other MLB team would have sat him for 2 games.


Only 10 minutes until first pitch.  Last chance to get your 7-Game Road Series Guessing Game picks in.  Only 6 entries so far:
http://www.wnff.net/index.php?topic=28985.0

[sportsfan882]

They are picking on Strasburg'ls last start on the ESPN broadcast. All bloop hits. And according to Sutcliffe all terribly located pitches.

[Squab]

It's a small sample size and I'm not saying it means anything anyway, but I found this interesting.
Stephen Strasburg's career stats by catcher.

Catcher	G	ERA	SO/BB	BAbip
Jesus Flores	17	3.63	4.10	.340
Sandy Leon	1	1.29		.250
Wil Nieves	1	1.50	8.00	.167
Wilson Ramos	10	1.26	12.25	.263
Ivan Rodriguez	12	2.78	5.22	.325
Jhonatan Solano	2	2.08	7.00	.306
Kurt Suzuki	7	5.06	2.00	.287

[CurlyW4lyfe]

Still blacked out in Atlanta. Grrrrrr 

[Squab]

Mega humble Bryce. It'd suck to have to answer such stupid questions.

[sph274]

pete rose is a HoF in bryce's book? what do you think bud thins about that? bryce making some SERIOUSLY SUBVERSIVE STATEMENTS