2019 WS - Nationals vs. Astros - Gamethread

[LesterFan]

Horrific missed call. Bring on the robots.

 

[Van Everyman]

Good fucking god

 

[Plympton91]

That is strike ducking 3. O MG the umpires have fucked over the nationals the entire series.

 

[Pablo's TB Lover]

Just here to say wtf on that non-strike call!

 

[Al Zarilla]

Hottest hitter in the series facing Rodney. Let’s see what happens.

that’s what.

 

[uncannymanny]

Of fucking course.

 

[phrenile]

Oof.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Lol @ using Rodney

 

[Ale Xander]

Baton Rouge guy drains the swamp

 

[Al Zarilla]

Retire, Rodney

 

[uncannymanny]

Hopefully the Nats finally arrive in Washington tomorrow.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

yeah, it was inevitable one of these games would be an Astros blowout.

 

[patinorange]

Gee, what a surprise.

 

[Ale Xander]

They really should have fired Taubman a game or two earlier

 

[brandonchristensen]

Fuck the Astros

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I think I actually just heard the sound of the Nats turning into a pumpkin.

Just the 20th WS granny.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

is this series different if there's no day off? something to ponder.

 

[Plympton91]

I’d like to congratulate the home plate umpire as he collects his bet on the Astros tonight.

And the game is now turned off. Goodnight. F Major League Baseball. We’ve got a softball tournament to win in the morning.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

the Nats are not losing because of umps, please.

 

[54thMA]

Welp, the Nats look much more like the 12 games below.500 team than the 8 straight postseason wins team.

Natstown is back.

That thud you heard was their bullpen crashing back to earth.

 

[Al Zarilla]

God help those softball umps.

 

[jon abbey]

Rodney was their main setup guy maybe a month ago, it's in large part because Hudson and Rainey jumped him that WAS made it this far.

That GS was so huge, now HOU can probably stay away from Osuna tonight, maybe Smith too although he already warmed up.

 

[54thMA]

Fuck, this really is 1986 redux isn't it?

* Scrappy upstart team that really wasn't expected to make it to the World Series.
* A powerhouse at its peak

Road team wins the first game by one run.
Road team wins game two by a blowout.

FUUUUUUUUUCK.

Just have to give you major props for this post.

Short a miracle comeback by the Nationals tonight, you can add;

2-0 series lead on the road is blown at home, series tied 2-2.

 

[jon abbey]

5 walks in the inning!

 

[patoaflac]

Scherzer and Strasburg have to repeat the dose and Soto return to his 20.

 

[Ale Xander]

Tucker could use a hamburger

 

[54thMA]

Rodney was their main setup guy maybe a month ago, it's in large part because Hudson and Rainey jumped him that WAS made it this far.

That GS was so huge, now HOU can probably stay away from Osuna tonight, maybe Smith too although he already warmed up.

When Rodney retires, he's got a future as a pitch man for a gas can company.

Or a company that sells crooked hats.

 

[Ale Xander]

Squander

 

[jon abbey]

Tucker could use a hamburger

Also a month in the winter dedicated to learning better baserunning instincts, don't recall a young potential star with such bad instincts on the basepaths.

 

[patoaflac]

Rodney had a great season (2012) and that’s it. Besides mediocre, now he is old.

 

[patoaflac]

Also a month in the winter dedicated to learning better baserunning instincts, don't recall a young potential star with such bad instincts on the basepaths.

Benintendi.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

now the Nats are crushing balls and they're finding gloves.

 

[Ale Xander]

Jennie!

 

[jon abbey]

Tanner Rainey & Fernando Rodney in the 7th: 38 pitches, 14 strikes

 

[Ale Xander]

now the Nats are crushing balls and they're finding gloves.

Prom night

 

[Al Zarilla]

Didn’t Frank Howard hit one to the Citgo sign once.

 

[Ale Xander]

Didn’t Frank Howard hit one to the Citgo sign once.

That was Mo



Vaughn

 

[DeadlySplitter]

of course.

 

[Al Zarilla]

That was Mo



Vaughn

Pretty good for a left handed hitter.

 

[phrenile]

Run it out, dumbass.

 

[phrenile]

He's diving, so I gotta too!

 

[Flynn4ever]

Just put pf curiosity, how old is Zimmerman, compared to Buckner in ‘86? If the parallels to 86 continue, he’d better really stretch before G6.

 

[phrenile]

Zimmerman just turned 35. Buckner was nearly 37.

 

[jon abbey]

Sorry if I said this already, but a quietly great move by WAS to move Sanchez ahead of Corbin for this series, so Sanchez gets game 7 if it gets there.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Scherzer is gonna nut the fuck up.

 

[jon abbey]

Scherzer is gonna nut the fuck up.

It would help him if he is throwing to Suzuki (who reportedly will be a gametime decision after getting hurt in game 3):

16 games with Suzuki this year, he had a 2.08 ERA and 12 games with Gomes, he had a 4.09 ERA (regular season stats only).

 

[teddywingman]

It would help him if he is throwing to Suzuki (who reportedly will be a gametime decision after getting hurt in game 3):

16 games with Suzuki this year, he had a 2.08 ERA and 12 games with Gomes, he had a 4.09 ERA (regular season stats only).

I'm dumb and can't pull out the data...

How many of the 12 games with Gomes are bad starts?

I mean to ask, are the numbers skewed by a disaster start or two, or is he consistently bad when Gomes is catching?

 

[jon abbey]

I'm dumb and can't pull out the data...

How many of the 12 games with Gomes are bad starts?

I mean to ask, are the numbers skewed by a disaster start or two, or is he consistently bad when Gomes is catching?

I don't know how to easily see game by game without looking at each box score, but the combined lines are near the bottom here.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=scherma01&year=2019&t=p
.578 OPS allowed in 394 PAs with Suzuki catching, .713 OPS allowed in 299 PAs with Gomes catching, that seems substantial.

 

[teddywingman]

I don't know how to easily see game by game without looking at each box score, but the combined lines are near the bottom here.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=scherma01&year=2019&t=p
.578 OPS allowed in 394 PAs with Suzuki catching, .713 OPS allowed in 299 PAs with Gomes catching, that seems substantial.

That does seem substantial, but even Pedro got bombed in a game or two.

 

[blueline]

Alex Bregman is extremely unlikeable