Nationals @ Marlins, Game 4

[ajcartwright]

Nationals 19-31
@
Marlins 27-24

1:10 PM
Marlins Park



Max Scherzer
4-3, 3.90 ERA, 82 SO

T Turner  SS
J Soto  LF
A Cabrera  DH
E Thames  1B
B Holt  RF
Y Gomes  C
L García  2B
C Kieboom  3B
A Stevenson  CF

Sandy Alcantara
RHP 2-3 3.13 ERA, 28 SO

C Dickerson  LF
J Aguilar  1B
G Cooper  DH
B Anderson  3B
M Joyce  RF
M Rojas  SS
J Berti  2B
L Brinson  CF
J Alfaro  C

[ajcartwright]

a win here today
and my all-time GD thread
record is 1-0

[ajcartwright]

Luis Garcia throwing error gifted the Marlins a run in the first inning

[Elvir Ovcina]

I'm posting just so you don't have to pitch a complete game thread.

[imref]

We’re still playing?

[imref]

Kieboom has the longest, slowest swing I’ve seen since Zimm

[hohoho]

a win here today
and my all-time GD thread
record is 1-0

Cheating - you waited til Max was starting.

[hohoho]

If Max goes all the way does it count as a CG?

[NatsAllThe Way]

This team has 2 pretty good but aging starting pitchers, 2 good hitters and maybe 2 good relievers..  good thing we won it all in 2019 otherwise basically the Nats are a dumpster fire on the Titanic.

[NatsAllThe Way]

Lead off double squandered like only the Nats do so flawlessly.

[Elvir Ovcina]

If Max goes all the way does it count as a CG?

Yes, and if he had allowed zero runs it would count as a shutout:  https://www.mlb.com/news/seven-inning-doubleheaders-no-hitter-rules

For example, Trevor Bauer has 2 CGs this year, both 7 innings: https://www.mlb.com/player/trevor-bauer-545333?stats=gamelogs-r-pitching-mlb&year=2020

[DCFan]

Yank him.

[Dave in Fairfax]

So, can I get an early start on using my 20/20 hindsight to second-guess the decision to leave Max in?

[Elvir Ovcina]

Bad defense causes losses.

[NatsAllThe Way]

What a disastrous season

[Dave in Fairfax]

Blame Eric if you want but I've said several times before that Kieboom has a strong arm but his accuracy is often just a little off forcing the 1B to often have to dig it out or leave the bag.

[Elvir Ovcina]

Blame Eric if you want but I've said several times before that Kieboom has a strong arm but his accuracy is often just a little off forcing the 1B to often have to dig it out or leave the bag.

It was a poor throw that should have been caught.  But perhaps watching Thames helps people appreciate that Nats first basemen have been pretty good defensively. 

[NatsAllThe Way]

Blame Eric if you want but I've said several times before that Kieboom has a strong arm but his accuracy is often just a little off forcing the 1B to often have to dig it out or leave the bag.

need to sign Zim next year. 

[DCFan]

Blame Eric if you want but I've said several times before that Kieboom has a strong arm but his accuracy is often just a little off forcing the 1B to often have to dig it out or leave the bag.

I blame Dave when he didn’t pull Max after he loaded the bases.

[Dave in Fairfax]

Time for your daily Country Joe sucks post?

[DCFan]

Time for your daily Country Joe sucks post?

You heard FP, he doesn’t like working OT.

[Elvir Ovcina]

I blame Dave when he didn’t pull Max after he loaded the bases.

To be fair, Max got a ground ball to third that should have been the final out.  It's not like the dude put one in the gap. 

[hohoho]

You heard FP, he doesn’t like working OT.

Fireable.

[ajcartwright]

here we come!

[Elvir Ovcina]

It says something about the state of the roster when there's nobody better to PH for Stevenson there.

It also sucks that if Turner doesn't get on, then the game's pretty much done - there's about a 500% chance they'd walk Soto to pitch to the #3 hitter.  That shouldn't happen.