Nationals vs Rockies, Game 4

[welch]

Viva Vivas???

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Irvin pitching a not-hit shutout!

Colorado scoring.

Nats 2, Rockies 1. The Nats are behind.

[welch]

I see this Tovar coming to bat, and think of Cesar Tovar.

[nats2playoffs]

Inning                                                                           COL   WSH
1st   Lile singled to left, Abrams scored, Crews to third.   0   1
1st   House hit sacrifice fly to left, Crews scored, Lile to second.   0   2
3rd   B. Sullivan reached on infield single to second, Castro scored, Johnston to second, Rumfield to third.   1   2

Colorado Rocky Horrors 1
Washington Nationals   2

[JCA-CrystalCity]

3 shots to plate a runner from second.

now 1st and 2nd no outs.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

pretty bunt by  Nas

[JCA-CrystalCity]

need Crews to elevate. Keep it off the ground in the infield. K is even better than a grounder

[JCA-CrystalCity]

need Crews to elevate. Keep it off the ground in the infield. K is even better than a grounder

well, there's that.

[welch]

Crews looks like a fine ballplayer. He can field. Can run. Hits hard when he connects. If only...

[imref]

well, there's that.

RBI!

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Ruiz gun shy to use the 1st challenge

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Nice escape.

I wonder how the Nats will try to   stitch together 4 more innings.  I'll guess we will see Tolman either for the 6th or the 7th.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Lile!



399', 104.5 FM

[JCA-CrystalCity]

It's weak contact, but Crews is piling up the hits

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Crazy to get the pick off there. Not even the tying run. No need for that lead.

Somewhere in Colorado, BrandonK is drinking

[welch]

Stolen bases: look at Clyde "Deerfoot" Milan. Look at 1912 and 1913: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milancl01.shtml

Milan coached the Nats for years. He taught Sam Rice, who also was a pretty good hitter: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricesa01.shtml

And then Milan taught George Case, AL stolen base champ four times, as well as Expansion Senators coach. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricesa01.shtml

Before the 1950s, the Nats were a running team. Then they became a home-run team, as Calvin Griffith persuaded Clark, The Old Fox, to move the third base line from 405 feet until, by 1957, Griffith Stadium had that short porch in LF or only 350 feet. And Rot Sievers led the AL with 42 homers.

[tomterp]

It's weak contact, but Crews is piling up the hits

The BABIP gods giveth, the BABIP gods taketh away.

[welch]

Keibert again!!!

[tomterp]

Damn, a foot or so away from a jack.

Followed by a terrible bunt decision by Young.

[spidernat]

Horrendous

[imref]

That…was not a good bunt.

[welch]

I was about to ask if anyone doubts that Jacob Young is a genuine major leaguer. But that was a terrible bunt.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

I get wanting to get the runner to 3rd with 1 out, but why take the bat out of JY's hands when it's Vivas and Nunez coming up?

[nats2playoffs]

Inning                                                                           COL   WSH
1st   Lile singled to left, Abrams scored, Crews to third.   0   1
1st   House hit sacrifice fly to left, Crews scored, Lile to second.   0   2
3rd   B. Sullivan reached on infield single to second, Castro scored, Johnston to second, Rumfield to third.   1   2
4th   Crews grounded out to catcher, Young scored, Abrams to second, Vivas to third. Colorado Rockies challenged: call on the field was overturned.   1   3
5th   Lile homered to right (399 feet).   1   4

Colorado Rocky Horrors 1
Washington Nationals   4

[tomterp]

I was about to ask if anyone doubts that Jacob Young is a genuine major leaguer. But that was a terrible bunt.

He's usually fundamentally sound, but hitting not his strong suit.