Nationals vs Phillies, Game 3

[readonly]

Who comes up with Lovelady in this situation?

[aspenbubba]

This is on Butera and his friggin matchups. Screw him.

[Slateman]

This is an unserious team

[tomwvr]

This is ridiculous.  Just demote the entire bullpen to Rochester.

Yep
Rochester pen cant be anyworse

[Slateman]

This is on Buters and his friggin matchups. Screw him.

Yea, Butera doesnt actually make any bullpen decisions. He just does whatever the analytics nerds tell him to

[metssuck]

 Don’t like the pitches Millas are choosing. They’re too vulnerable and .  You have a pitchers count and are throwing mercy pitches in the  strike zone

[Slateman]

Yep
Rochester pen cant be anyworse

This is basically the Rochester pen

[shoeshineboy]

So much stupidity in that inning. Inexcusable. zthe bullpen is a joke, but if you are going to bring Lovelady in, why not for Schwarber
 And what was up with wasting a challenge on a ball 6 inches outside?

[RobDibblesGhost]

We have a chance if Nunez can get on

[2k6nats]

Hindsight but I think you keep Orlando in there, his stuff was looking good.

[tomwvr]

You have a manager with no feel
For the game, all he looks at are numbers. That is only part of modern baseball.

[welch]

Somebody needs to take away Butera's hand-held "How to Manage a Pitching Staff By the Numbers".

Why Lovelady for Ribalta?

[shoeshineboy]

This team could a 90 plus ge winner with an actual bullpen.

[tomwvr]

So much stupidity in that inning. Inexcusable. zthe bullpen is a joke, but if you are going to bring Lovelady in, why not for Schwarber
 And what was up with wasting a challenge on a ball 6 inches outside?

Because the manager is cluless

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

I get there isn't much to work with but I'm starting to think Butera is in over his head. Just too young and not ready for this role. Might be a great manager one day but this was too soon.

[OfftheBat]

LOL did y'all see how Lovelady was all fired up once the ball got off Hill's bat, he really thought he had him 

[shoeshineboy]

Nunez can't hit. Why is he given an AB in this situation?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Lovelady unscored upon in his previous 6 appearances going into last night.

[RobDibblesGhost]

Wood is due for a big hit. He’s slumping big time.

[nats2playoffs]

INNING                                     PHI   WSH
1st   García Jr. homered to center (412 feet).   0   1
2nd   Vivas homered to right center (403 feet).   0   2
4th   Stott doubled to right, Marsh scored, Bohm to third.   1   2
4th   Realmuto hit sacrifice fly to center, Bohm scored, Stott to third.   2   2
4th   Rincones Jr. singled to center, Stott scored.   3   2
6th   Mead homered to left, Crews scored.   3   4
9th   Hill homered to right center (382 feet), Stubbs scored.   5   4

Philadelphia Fillies       5
Washington Nationals  4

[metssuck]

Wood is swinging at junk and looking at meat.

He’s just not seeing the kzone well

[tomwvr]

This is basically the Rochester pen

Then swapping them out wont be awful. Make some moves look like you care, hold people accountable.
With an avg pen this team would make the playoffs. Even with heading to breaking the mlb error record for a season

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

Wood seems like he's going back into one of those long-term slumps.

[RobDibblesGhost]

Wood is swinging at junk and looking at meat.

He’s just not seeing the kzone well

Yeah, he’s been awful lately.

[RobDibblesGhost]

Wood seems like he's going back into one of those long-term slumps.

He’s already in it. Hopefully he figures it out soon.