Nationals @ Cubs, NLDS Game 3

[Natsinpwc]

it is not Dusty he cant get hits

he cant pitch the same relievers day after day

Solis has been great for awhile

it happens EVERY game 1 team loses
even Maddon the Genius made moves that didnt pan out

blaming Dusty is ridiculous

He takes his share. Lind never batted. Pitched to Rizzo. Kendrick owns Quintana but didn't start or even bat. Turner is lost but no Difo.

[mitlen]

Well then, maybe the geriatric oaf on the bench should try some different hitters.

Hey, some of my best friends are geriatric oafs.   

[nats2playoffs]

At the end of the day this lineup wasted two absolutely brilliant pitching performances.

[Slateman]

Eh. Nats will win tomorrow. Book it. I’ll take the GDT.

Yes. Its more anguish for another series ending loss at home

[tenken627]

it is not Dusty he cant get hits

he cant pitch the same relievers day after day

Solis has been great for awhile

it happens EVERY game 1 team loses
even Maddon the Genius made moves that didnt pan out

blaming Dusty is ridiculous

Getting hits or not. We had a lead going into the 7th. One run game in a playoff game 3, for better or worse, your moves are magnified. Shows whether you are a winner or a loser. And we arent winners

[skippy1999]

This has been the absolute worst Monday

[NatsAllThe Way]

What did RAy say>\?

[mitlen]

Gotta hit the liquor store early tomorrow.

[Slateman]

At the end of the day this lineup wasted two absolutely brilliant pitching performances.

Naw. They wasted one. Dusty wasted the other.

Is this serious?

Are you? Max had no business coming out for the 6th,,let along the 7th. Could have mixed and matched through two innings and handed the ball to Madson.

[mitlen]

This has been the absolute worst Monday

Work suck too?

[dlayman]

That killer deal with the A's to shore up the bullpen sure paid off.  Oh wait, they both rode the pine tonight while the others blew the lead and the game.   I used to like Dusty, but this was terrible.   Sure he isn't the guys who aren't hitting, but he is the guy who won't give other guys a chance to, or have any idea how to manage a pitching staff or bullpen.   

[mitlen]

Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeriste seems like a lot of Chicago media in Dusty's presser.   

Rizzo
Rizzo
Rizzo

[sportsfan882]

Quintana, lester, and next Arrieta. All very beatable pitchers and the Nats have laid down for them all.

[bluestreak]

Naw. They wasted one. Dusty wasted the other.Are you? Max had no business coming out for the 6th,,let along the 7th. Could have mixed and matched through two innings and handed the ball to Madson.

If the Lineup could have managed 1 earned run today the game would still be going on. This lineup that is 1 and 2 in OPS, BA, etc.  has scored in 3 of 27 inning and scored 7 runs in 3 games. You don’t win if you don’t score. I don’t care if you have the love child of Sparky Anderson and Earl Weaver in that dugout. Nobody’s winning with that offensive performance.

Dusty made mistakes, sure. But these guys need to hit.

[Natsinpwc]

That killer deal with the A's to shore up the bullpen sure paid off.  Oh wait, they both rode the pine tonight while the others blew the lead and the game.   I used to like Dusty, but this was terrible.   Sure he isn't the guys who aren't hitting, but he is the guy who won't give other guys a chance to, or have any idea how to manage a pitching staff or bullpen.

If he thought outside the box and really wanted to pitch to Rizzo he could have brought in Doolittle and then had him pitch the 8th. Of course if you can't score without the aid of errors they were doomed anyhow.

[nats2playoffs]

Eh. Nats will win tomorrow. Book it. I’ll take the GDT.

NatNasty should do the Game 4 GDT, based on the Most Wins Theory. mitlen got our only win with that method. If we win Game 4, then RobDibblesGhost should do Game 5.

.600 12-8   NatNasty
  .600   9-6   RobDibblesGhost
  .600   3-2   mmzznnxx
  .571   4-3   RiotAct
  .538   7-6   spidernat
  .400   2-3   DPMOmaha
  .471   8-9   bluestreak

[bluestreak]

Fine. Someone else do it. I’ve gotta work anyway.

[Slateman]

If the Lineup could have managed 1 earned run today the game would still be going on. This lineup that is 1 and 2 in OPS, BA, etc.  has scored in 3 of 27 inning and scored 7 runs in 3 games. You don’t win if you don’t score. I don’t care if you have the love child of Sparky Anderson and Earl Weaver in that dugout. Nobody’s winning with that offensive performance.

Dusty made mistakes, sure. But these guys need to hit.

Lineup gave them a lead going into the 7th inning. That's a win in ANY OTHER freakING PERSON is managing the Nationals.

[Slateman]

Also, Tanner Roark and Max Scherzer have the exact same number of postseason wins for the Nationals

[mitlen]

FP nailed it.    "Better to have 3 guys go to the hospital than let a ball drop like that."

[varoadking]

My eyes say they all let up.   That's why I felt MAT should have said, "Get the hell out of the way."

Span would have had that ball... 

[tenken627]

True, we still have to hit. But we had a LEAD going into the 7th with our 7th, 8th, and 9th inning lights-out close-out guys after a day off. Kintzler was the only one who pitched. And he was unnecessarily lifted when we had a base open for Rizzo.  This is the playoffs. Mistakes kill you

[Traded For Mclain]

Lineup gave them a lead going into the 7th inning. That's a win in ANY OTHER freakING PERSON is managing the Nationals.

Not if it's Matt Williams (game 2 vs. Giants) or Davey Johnson (game 5 vs. Cardinals)....Dusty is just continuing a long standing Nats tradition.

[tomwvr]

FP nailed it.    "Better to have 3 guys go to the hospital than let a ball drop like that."

In a game like this yes

And I would put Stras  in tomorrow
And if they win put Max Thursday if we win tomorrow

[mitlen]

In a game like this yes

And I would put Stras  in tomorrow
And if they win put Max Thursday if we win tomorrow

All hands on deck.