Nationals vs Astros, Game 4

[houston-nat]

Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals
[19 April, 2012 - 7:05 PM Yankee Time - Nationals Park - Washington, DC, USA]
[TV, radio: the usual, I guess. Ask your fellow Yankee types]

The Houston Astros ( 4 - 8 ) CF Jordan Schafer 2B Jose Altuve LF J.D. Martinez 1B Carlos Lee RF Brian Bogusevic 3B Matt Downs C Jason Castro SS Marwin Gonzalez RHP Bud Norris

The Washington Nationals ( 10 - 3 ) SS Steve Lombardozzi 2B Danny Espinosa 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche RF Jayson Werth CF Rick Ankiel C Wilson Ramos LF Roger Bernadina RHP Edwin Jackson

LINEUPS ARE COMPLETELY MADE UP IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING



SWEEP SWEEP SWEEP

[OldChelsea]

[...]TV, radio: the usual, I guess.[...]

Nats are back on FM-106.7 (Wizards don't play again till Saturday night, and Caps are only on AM-1500)...telly is regular Angelos Network.

For those going tonight: per Capital Weather Gang: 'This is going to be a picture perfect night for a game. Light southerly breezes and low humidity ensures no wet seats in the house. Let's hope the Nats keep their storybook season going too!' - 66 at first pitch, 60 by ninth inning, 10% chance of rain.

[Kevrock]

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[nats2playoffs]

First image broken.

Ditto.

First game of the day, Thursday April 19, for WNFF Fantasy baseball players' lineup lock:
National League
Cubs (3-9, 1-4 away) vs Marlins (6-6, 4-2 home) *  FOX FLORIDA * 12:40 PM ET
 

[Tokeydog]

Get him a body bag! Yeah!

[InsaneBoost]

Wish this were a 1pm game, hate waiting till 7 when I'm off.

[sportsfan882]

Bud Norris is actually good. Edwin Jackson needs to be on his game tonight.

[HalfSmokes]

Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals

[TV, radio: the usual, I guess. Ask your fellow Yankee types]

MASN, 106.7

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/schedule/broadcast/index.jsp?c_id=was

[Mathguy]

If Jackson pitches anything like he did Saturday, he'll be tough

Bud Norris is actually good. Edwin Jackson needs to be on his game tonight.

[Jedgi]

Wish it were an early game so I didn't have to skip it. Gunna watch Caps hockey.

[The Chief]

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+1

[houston-nat]

First image worked fine for me. But I subbed a new one.

[JMUalumni]

In terms of run support, Bud Norris is the Jordan Zimmermann of the Astros.  I believe he finished 3 spots behind Zimm for lowest run support last season.  Though on the flip side, he does get a lot of strikeouts and that is something this team knows how to do

[Lintyfresh85]

Norris is slider happy.

He'll hang some... but he wracks up the K's as well. I could easily see this being a 10-12 K night for the Nats.

[Kevrock]

Missed the K and thought you were saying we could score 10-12.

[LostYudite]

Missed the K and thought you were saying we could score 10-12.

Hey - we can do it.  We only need to score two more tonight.

You do mean for the series, right?   

[UMDNats]

When was the last time we hit a home run? Nady vs. Cincy? Seems like forever ago.

[Squab]

When was the last time we hit a home run? Nady vs. Cincy? Seems like forever ago.

Ramos 3 days ago. Right?

[Tokeydog]

I think Ramos hit one this week.

[RobDibblesGhost]

Does anyone want to go to the game tonight?  I won two tickets from WJFK over the weekend, but my friends are either working or backing out on me.  Last time I won (last season), the seats were in Section 130 so they were good seats.  Not sure about tonight as I'm picking them up at will call, but if anyone wants to go for free, I have one extra.  Just PM me...

[Mathguy]

Yes - against Cinncinatti

Ramos 3 days ago. Right?

[Squab]

Yes - against Houston

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=20671409&c_id=mlb

[Nathan]

Norris is slider happy.

He'll hang some... but he wracks up the K's as well. I could easily see this being a 10-12 K night for the Nats.

Hopefully they can find a way to get long at bats and up his pitch count to get him out of the game as early as possible.

[Squab]

 Lombardozzi SS, Espinosa 2B, Zimmerman 3B, LaRoche 1B, Werth RF, Ankiel CF, Ramos C, Bernadina LF, Jackson RHP

Interesting. Lombo at short.

[imref]

Lombardozzi SS, Espinosa 2B, Zimmerman 3B, LaRoche 1B, Werth RF, Ankiel CF, Ramos C, Bernadina LF, Jackson RHP

Interesting. Lombo at short.

with Desmond cooling down a bit this could open the door for Lombo to get a few more ABs.