Author Topic: Nationals @ Giants, Game 2 (Read 615 times)

Dave in Fairfax · « **Topic Start:** April 30, 2022, 04:01:51 PM »

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Washington Nationals @ San Francisco Giants
Where: Oracle Park
When: April 30, 4:05 PM EDT
Weather: 60°F, 0% chance of precipitation
TV: MASN 2
Radio: 106.7 FM

Pitching Match-Up:
Joan Adon (RHP, 1-3, 6.98) - versus - Logan Webb (RHP, 2-1, 2.96)

Washington Nationals

1. César Hernández (S) 2B
2. Juan Soto (L) RF
3. Josh Bell (S) 1B
4. Nelson Cruz (R) DH
5. Yadiel Hernández (L) LF
6. Maikel Franco (R) 3B
7. Riley Adams (R) C
8. Victor Robles (R) CF
9. Alcides Escobar (R) SS

San Francisco Giants

1. Luis González (L) RF
2. Darin Ruf (R) 1B
3. Wilmer Flores (R) DH
4. Brandon Crawford (L) SS
5. Thairo Estrada (R) 2B
6. Jason Krizan (L) LF
7. Austin Slater (R) CF
8. Jason Vosler (L) 3B
9. Curt Casali (R) C

Washington Nationals

San Francisco Giants

KV · « **Reply #1:** April 30, 2022, 04:10:58 PM »

Bell is having himself a very nice Spring.

aspenbubba · « **Reply #2:** April 30, 2022, 04:12:38 PM »

And so is Cruz. 😂

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #3:** April 30, 2022, 04:18:48 PM »

No pitch track box on this broadcast.

KV · « **Reply #4:** April 30, 2022, 04:18:58 PM »

If Cruz doesn’t start hitting Bell may challenge Soto for the team walks lead.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #5:** April 30, 2022, 04:33:13 PM »

Our pitching staff now leads the NL in hitting batters.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #6:** April 30, 2022, 04:46:11 PM »

Offense!

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #7:** April 30, 2022, 05:03:37 PM »

I'm pretty sure the Nats lead the entire league, but I didn't check every AL team. The Tigers pitching staff has one HBP.

Slateman · « **Reply #8:** April 30, 2022, 05:11:29 PM »

Adon just doesnt look ready. If Annibal comes back, i think he's gotta be the one sent down

welch · « **Reply #9:** April 30, 2022, 05:17:40 PM »

Victor with a line drive base hit!!

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #10:** April 30, 2022, 05:29:13 PM »

I see there's a box now on the broadcast. I wonder why it wasn't there in the first couple of innings.

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #11:** April 30, 2022, 05:42:31 PM »

Adon is adone.

welch · « **Reply #12:** April 30, 2022, 06:07:36 PM »

Victor with an RBI!!!

English Natsie · « **Reply #13:** April 30, 2022, 06:15:14 PM »

We need those players who masqueraded as the Nationals, yesterday, to come back...

aspenbubba · « **Reply #14:** April 30, 2022, 06:15:29 PM »

If you want to win the game get him the hell outta there. You were too late with Adon

Dave in Fairfax · « **Reply #15:** April 30, 2022, 06:21:53 PM »

I foresee San Francisco reaching double digits in runs scored this game.

welch · « **Reply #16:** April 30, 2022, 06:42:25 PM »

8 - 3. That blew up quickly.

welch · « **Reply #17:** April 30, 2022, 06:44:41 PM »

That's not Yan Gomes catching for the Nats.

KV · « **Reply #18:** April 30, 2022, 06:45:35 PM »

Wow….7th inning and a 1-page game thread.

welch · « **Reply #19:** April 30, 2022, 06:49:34 PM »

Quote from: KV on April 30, 2022, 06:45:35 PM

Wow….7th inning and a 1-page game thread.

It gets late early here sometimes. Especially when the Nats give up seven runs in three innings.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #20:** April 30, 2022, 06:55:11 PM »

By the way, you almost want to scream "3rd time through the order " when Adon came out in the 5th. With so many marginal starters and guys we are trying to build up, why this team doesn't try openers for the top of the order in the 1st is beyond me. It is organization philosophy, so it's as much on Rizzo as Davey and Hickey

sixthree175 · « **Reply #21:** April 30, 2022, 07:05:18 PM »

Quote from: welch on April 30, 2022, 06:49:34 PM

It gets late early here sometimes. Especially when the Nats give up seven runs in three innings.

Well get'em tomorrow

The Giants TV announcer didn't get the memo yet about Soto's dead arm. Earlier when Soto charged the ball and threw it in on one bounce to the plate, he commented on Soto's "strong arm". He must be reading a scouting report from 2017. On that particular play the ball was hit to shallow right field and Soto charged it well. If it were 10 ft. deeper in the outfield the ball would've died before getting to the cutoff man. You want to see a good arm? How about Luis Gonzalez' 93 mph throw to home plate a few minutes ago. That's a strong arm.

welch · « **Reply #22:** April 30, 2022, 07:12:12 PM »

So this is Francisco Perez?

welch · « **Reply #23:** April 30, 2022, 07:27:10 PM »

Jim Casey, who researches things like this, tells us that the Expansion Senators' "win of the day" was in 1961:

"Happy to be early with today's Expansion Senators win of the day. From 1961, in the second game of a doubleheader, the Nats top the Yankees 2-1,l behind the brilliant pitching of Hal Woodeshick."

Note:

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Attendance: 21,904
Venue: Griffith Stadium
Game Duration: 2:14

22,000 was a huge crowd at Griffith Stadium, which sat about 25,000 for baseball. Some of those were behind poles and pillars, and maybe 7500 or 10,000 were in the bleachers, and the bleachers were somewhere in Prince George's County, it used to seem.

Look at that 1961 Yankee lineup, and drool. The Nats lineup, in the first season of the expansion team ("the New Senators", Washingtonians called them), featured Coot Veal (himself!) at SS. Gene Woodling, who was in RF, had been one of the Yankee "Gold-dust Twins" alongside Hank Bauer. I remember watching Woodling line a ball over the RF wall, a feat since the wall angled from 320 on the RF line out to 425 or more in right-center, and stood about 30 feet high. Dutch Dotterer started at catcher for the Nats, and I vaguely remember the name, but don't remember a thing about him.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS2/WS2196104302.shtml?fbclid=IwAR3zBNugr-BGguu7peIfJT54LBiwDExdqFolDFr65937h5VJV-RrhO2gqRM

welch · « **Reply #24:** April 30, 2022, 07:28:25 PM »

So, a true 1-page game-thread.