Nationals vs Braves, Game 2

[mitlen]

Max deserves better than this team

Max, Gio and Stras

[NatsAllThe Way]

You are witnessing the beginning of the end.  Braves only 5.5 games back after this series. It's over folks.

[mitlen]

brilliant managing.  gas max and lose

Max on gas is better than the bullpen bums.

[raleighnat]

That is the worst pitching management ever.  It made zero sense.   Talk about setting max up for failure and blowing up his numbers all in one fell swoop.

[3bside]

Dusty badly mismanaged this inning.  Maybe he's planning a Riggleman and will quit at the break.

[NatNasty]

Matt "Oops" Wieters. 

[mitlen]

Mindfact  ....  Dusty was hopin' Max would get through the inning and we'd score 2 or 3 in the bottom of the inning.   

[nats2playoffs]

Scoring Summary                                     ATL   WSH
4th   Phillips singled to center, Inciarte scored.   1   0
6th   Wieters singled to left center, Drew scored.   1   1
7th   F. Freeman homered to right.   2   1
8th   F. Freeman singled to left, Inciarte and Phillips scored, F. Freeman to second advancing on throw.   4   1

      Atlanta Barves        4
Washington Nationals  1

 
       July 7th is National Chocolate Day
              Thanks, Ollie, for allowing 2 runs to score! 

[NatNasty]

Mindfact  ....  Dusty was hopin' Max would get through the inning and we'd score 2 or 3 in the bottom of the inning.   

I vote for 4 

[RobDibblesGhost]

Mindfact  ....  Dusty was hopin' Max would get through the inning and we'd score 2 or 3 in the bottom of the inning.   

Definitely a possibility. Backfired big time.

[skippy1999]

Mindfact  ....  Dusty was hopin' Max would get through the inning and we'd score 2 or 3 in the bottom of the inning.   

Yea he definitely wanted him to get through the 8th and he was so close

[nats2playoffs]

You are witnessing the beginning of the end.  Braves only 5.5 games back after this series. It's over folks.

[trangert418]

Isn't it time to pull a "Joe Maddon" on Freeman? He's been involved in 6 /9 runs scored so far in this series

[skippy1999]

Isn't it time to pull a "Joe Maddon" on Freeman? He's been involved in 6 /9 runs scored so far in this series

Beyond time!

[Natsinpwc]

Stay away from sharp instruments tonight everyone. Instead of burying the Braves we let them back in the race.

[nats2playoffs]

[baldkid]

Stay away from sharp instruments tonight everyone. Instead of burying the Braves we let them back in the race.

We will be in second place in August

[mitlen]

(Image removed from quote.)

   That reminded me of this character from Mork and Mindy:

[baldkid]

You are witnessing the beginning of the end.  Braves only 5.5 games back after this series. It's over folks.

All the 9th inning blown saves come back to haunt this team, what might have been with even a competent bullpen.

[nats2playoffs]

Max $cherzer 
All of Max'$ $tart$ are dedicated to hi$ late brother, Alex Scherzer R.I.P.


Pitchers            IP    H   R   ER   BB   $O   HR   PC-$T   
Max $cherzer  7.2   6    4     4       1      10      1    120-85 & done
Ollie Perez       0.1    1   0     0       2       0      0         9-4
R A Dickey      7.0    3   1     1        1       7      0    100-72 & done

[ajcartwright]

change seats

[skippy1999]

change seats

I stopped cleaning

[mitlen]

I stopped cleaning

Only thing movin' are my fingers.

[imref]

This is what it feels like to play us.

[NatNasty]

I vote for 4