Nationals vs Guardians, Game 2

[Dave in Fairfax]

Washington Nationals vs Cleveland Guardians
Where: Nationals Park
When: May 6, 2025, TBD
Weather: 67°, 14% chance of precipitation, neglible winds
TV: MASN2
Radio: 106.7 FM
MLB Gameday: https://www.mlb.com/gameday/778046



Pitching Match-Up:

Brad Lord, RHP
1-3, 4.43 ERA, 3.60 FIP, 1.657 WHIP, 6.9 K/9
 - vs. -
Ben Lively, RHP
1-2, 3.72 ERA, 4.38 FIP, 1.266 WHIP, 6.2 K/9

Batting Line-Ups:
   

Washington Nationals     CJ Abrams (L) SS     James Wood (L) LF     Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B     Josh Bell (S) DH     Luis García Jr. (L) 2B     Dylan Crews (R) RF     José Tena (L) 3B     Riley Adams (R) C     Jacob Young (R) CF

Cleveland Guardians     Steven Kwan (L) LF     Angel Martínez (S) CF     José Ramírez (S) DH     Carlos Santana (S) 1B     Gabriel Arias (R) 2B     Nolan Jones (L) RF     Will Wilson (R) 3B     Brayan Rocchio (S) SS     Austin Hedges (R) C

[Dave in Fairfax]

MASN2 had Blake Lively instead of Ben Lively in the match-up preview. I'm not sure how good her pitching repertoire will be.

[imref]

Nats lineup, via Zuck
Abrams
Wood
Lowe
Bell (DH)
Garcia Jr.
Crews
Tena
Adams (C)
Young

[Dave in Fairfax]

Matchups and lineups added. 7:10 tentative start time.

[imref]

MASN2 had Blake Lively instead of Ben Lively in the match-up preview. I'm not sure how good her pitching repertoire will be.

she'd bring in a lot more viewers though.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Bell back. Wood in left. Call pining for the fjords. Adams getting 2d game of Doubleheader

[JCA-CrystalCity]

In my scorebook, that last out by Ramirez was a lazy fly to young.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Was Parra trying to stop Wood there? Did he see Gutierrez hold CJ?

[imref]

Nasty curve.

[GataNats]

Why is Bell in the lineup?

[imref]

This slider is very Max-like

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Lord breaks for 1st well on right side grounders

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Why is Bell in the lineup?

to keep our anger high?

[shoeshineboy]

Lord is filthy. They need to just let him trust his stuff.

[GataNats]

Inserting Bell back in this lineup is asinine

[IanRubbish]

Why is Bell in the lineup?

don't worry, he's been working with Darnell

[JCA-CrystalCity]

53 pitches through 4.

Not to jinx him, but Lord has stepped it up the past 2 or 3 outings. Hard to see pulling him out of the rotation. And I have been a bit hard on him because of whip and not going deep

[welch]

MASN2 had Blake Lively instead of Ben Lively in the match-up preview. I'm not sure how good her pitching repertoire will be.

She's a soccer specialist.

[welch]

Here is the strange game that Bob was talking about. Our own Mickey Vernon was the only Bosox to strikeout. Bunky Stewart struck out Vernon to end the top of the 5th.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WS1/WS1195605120.shtml

[imref]

53 pitches through 4.

Not to jinx him, but Lord has stepped it up the past 2 or 3 outings. Hard to see pulling him out of the rotation. And I have been a bit hard on him because of whip and not going deep

not sure who else you take out.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

not sure who else you take out.

Williams or, if Irvin is hurt...

[welch]

So Lord has pitched five innings of one-hit shutout ball. He has to start.

[IanRubbish]

53 pitches through 4.

Not to jinx him, but Lord has stepped it up the past 2 or 3 outings. Hard to see pulling him out of the rotation. And I have been a bit hard on him because of whip and not going deep

He hasn't thrown more than 80 pitches or 5 innings, so we'll see how this goes, but your lack of faith in him is sinful.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Really need Lord to go 6 tonight. I didn't like the shaking hands coming off but no one up in the pen.

[IanRubbish]

4 through 9 in Nats order all has OPS in the 500s, except Garcia at .627.