Nationals @ Phillies, Game 3

[nfotiu]

Why are we sac bunting here?   It doesn’t make any sense

[mitlen]

I wanna like Michael A. Taylor.

[imref]

Why are we sac bunting here?   It doesn’t make any sense

better than a useless strikeout

[nfotiu]

Burned a couple strikes trying to move the runner to third?  Why?  Tying it up int the top of the sixth is important to Dave?

[spidernat]

Why are we sac bunting here?   It doesn’t make any sense

right there is why

[DCFan]

Stevo comes through?

[NatNasty]

Robert Louis!

[imref]

watching the game via mlb.com, that pitch was about as center of the plate as possible.  Nice job by Stevenson.

[mitlen]

I've wasted a lot of money on candles this year.

[DCFan]

Well fellas, time to transition upstairs and set the alarm clock for the middle of the freakin night. 

[tomterp]

Burned a couple strikes trying to move the runner to third?  Why?  Tying it up int the top of the sixth is important to Dave?

Yep, genius strategy.  Let's give up an out to move a runner along who's already in scoring position.  Guarantee the run expectancy matrix would say "no" but I'm too lazy to look it up right now.

[nfotiu]

better than a useless strikeout

Burned a couple strikes to get there though with the bunt on.  So Dave is treating MAT like the uncoordinated kid whose mom is making him play little league?

[mitlen]

Well fellas, time to transition upstairs and set the alarm clock for the middle of the freakin night. 

Zero dark thirty

[nats2playoffs]

Scoring Summary  Inning   WSH   PHI
Nationals 6th Stevenson singled to right, Difo scored.    6    6
Phillies 5th Santana homered to center, Cabrera, Quinn and W. Ramos scored.    5    6
Nationals 5th Rendon homered (18th) to left.    5    2
Nationals 3rd Soto homered to left (16th), Rendon scored.    4    2
Nationals 3rd Turner homered to left (16th), Eaton scored.    2    2
Phillies 2nd Arrieta singled to left, Santana and Bautista scored.   0   2

    Washington Nationals 6
Philadelphia Phillies   6


                                               A Tie

[Baseball is Life]

What's with the celebrating by the reliever in the sixth inning?

[MorseTheHorse]

I'm so happy Gio is in the rotation.  We'd be toast if we didn't have a lefty

[spidernat]

Burned a couple strikes to get there though with the bunt on.  So Dave is treating MAT like the uncoordinated kid whose mom is making him play little league?

At this point that is what he has become. And against this team you need to put the ball in play and give them a chance to commit an error. Striking out robs them of that chance.

[imref]

At this point that is what he has become. And against this team you need to put the ball in play and give them a chance to commit an error. Striking out robs them of that chance.

yep.  He's a home run / strike out guy, not a ground ball guy, so in that situation bunting makes sense.

[tomterp]

At this point that is what he has become. And against this team you need to put the ball in play and give them a chance to commit an error. Striking out robs them of that chance.

Somehow building your offense around "playing for the error" strikes me as a low probability strategy. 

[nats2playoffs]

Why is Gio still in this game?

Gio giveth, and Gio taketh away.

Bad Gio.  Bad bad Gio.

Fark you Gio

Honestly.  With Gio it's not a matter of if the meltdown occurs, it's when.  Gio and davey are responsible for this loss.  Thankfully it's a meaningless game.

Pitchers           IP    H  R   ER   BB   SO   HR   Pitch Count-Strikes   
Gio Gonzalez   5.0   6   6     6       3       6      1        98-56

 

[spidernat]

Somehow building your offense around "playing for the error" strikes me as a low probability strategy. 

yeah that's what I said, go moderate the Clubhouse and STFU

[varoadking]

yeah that's what I said, go moderate the Clubhouse and STFU

 

[mitlen]

yeah that's what I said, go moderate the Clubhouse and STFU

[skippy1999]

Anthony has really come through this series.

[nats2playoffs]

Somehow building your offense around "playing for the error" strikes me as a low probability strategy.

It works for the Road Runner...