Game 3 WAS@NYM
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WAS (3-0) 000 114 000 - 6 11 0
NYM 100 001 000 - 2 7 3
W: Sanchez (1-0)
L: Matz (0-1)
HR: Nimmo, Thames (1), Turner (1)
SB: Turner 2 (3)
CS: Robles
Never would I have imagined Britney Spears as a hero of revolutionary socialism, just as it was unimaginable that the early-season favorite for league MVP would be Eric Thames, but here we are. Including his fourth-inning game-tying no-doubt home run, the Nats' cleanup hitter is the proud owner of a .700/.800/1.300 slash line. That's a 2.100 OPS.
Nor would have I imagined the reigning World Champions striking out 32 times in 3 games and on pace to obliterate the record of futility (9.85 K per game) set by the 2018 Tigers. And to think that a team with that high a whiff rate would be 3-0 with 17 runs, well... anything's believable in a world with newly-Bolshevik Britney.
The Nats won on a strong pitching performance from Anibel Sanchez (one run over five IP) and three much-needed innings eaten by Austin Voth. Frankly, however, the Mets handed the Nats the game in a four-run sixth inning. Man-God Thames started it off with a sharp single through the shift, and a looping-liner to left by Starlin Castro put runners on first and second. A rattled and tiring Stephen Matz walked Howie Kendrick to load the bases and end his season debut...and then the real fun began.
Yan Gomes hit a sharp single past a diving Rosario to give the Nats a two-run lead. That, apparently, was the signal for the Mets to self-destruct. Rosario fumbled an easy double-play ball as he rushed with the speedy Robles flying to first for the Nats' second run of the inning. Next, Ryan Zimmerman (pinch-hitting for the third straight game) struck out with the bases still loaded for the first out. A second potential double-play was thwarted when second baseman Edwin Nunez rushed the exchange and dropped the throw from Rosario. After a lengthy umpire review (featuring not one, but two Krystal Koons commercials!) all runners were declared safe and the Nats had another run with the bases still loaded. Gsellman got Trea Turner to hit a third potential double-play ball, but Turner beat the return throw from Rosario. Despite the Mets' protests, another umpire review showed Turner clearly to be safe. When the dust settled, the Nats had four runs in the inning without an extra-base hit, and a 6-1 lead.
That lead was challenged only in the bottom of that interminable sixth inning as a single by Jeff McNeil and walks to Davis and Nido loaded the bases against Voth with only one out. Nats fans held their breath as a fly ball off the bat of Nunez fell short of the warning track in right and into Eaton's glove for a sac fly and the second out. Mets manager Rojas turned to ex-Nat Matt Adams in the pitcher's spot for Adams' first at-bat of the season. Three mighty swings later, Adams' strikeout sent him back to the bench with a chorus of boos from frustrated Mets fans.
Tanner Rainey pitched an impressive ninth in mop-up duty with a pair of strikeouts, and Trea Turner reached base three time, hit his first home run (a solo shot in the fourth inning to give the Nats the lead they would not relinquish). Washington's quest for an undefeated season continues tomorrow in Miami with Joe Ross making the start.
WAS (3-0) 000 114 000 - 6 11 0
NYM 100 001 000 - 2 7 3
W: Sanchez (1-0)
L: Matz (0-1)
HR: Nimmo, Thames (1), Turner (1)
SB: Turner 2 (3)
CS: Robles
Never would I have imagined Britney Spears as a hero of revolutionary socialism, just as it was unimaginable that the early-season favorite for league MVP would be Eric Thames, but here we are. Including his fourth-inning game-tying no-doubt home run, the Nats' cleanup hitter is the proud owner of a .700/.800/1.300 slash line. That's a 2.100 OPS.
Nor would have I imagined the reigning World Champions striking out 32 times in 3 games and on pace to obliterate the record of futility (9.85 K per game) set by the 2018 Tigers. And to think that a team with that high a whiff rate would be 3-0 with 17 runs, well... anything's believable in a world with newly-Bolshevik Britney.
The Nats won on a strong pitching performance from Anibel Sanchez (one run over five IP) and three much-needed innings eaten by Austin Voth. Frankly, however, the Mets handed the Nats the game in a four-run sixth inning. Man-God Thames started it off with a sharp single through the shift, and a looping-liner to left by Starlin Castro put runners on first and second. A rattled and tiring Stephen Matz walked Howie Kendrick to load the bases and end his season debut...and then the real fun began.
Yan Gomes hit a sharp single past a diving Rosario to give the Nats a two-run lead. That, apparently, was the signal for the Mets to self-destruct. Rosario fumbled an easy double-play ball as he rushed with the speedy Robles flying to first for the Nats' second run of the inning. Next, Ryan Zimmerman (pinch-hitting for the third straight game) struck out with the bases still loaded for the first out. A second potential double-play was thwarted when second baseman Edwin Nunez rushed the exchange and dropped the throw from Rosario. After a lengthy umpire review (featuring not one, but two Krystal Koons commercials!) all runners were declared safe and the Nats had another run with the bases still loaded. Gsellman got Trea Turner to hit a third potential double-play ball, but Turner beat the return throw from Rosario. Despite the Mets' protests, another umpire review showed Turner clearly to be safe. When the dust settled, the Nats had four runs in the inning without an extra-base hit, and a 6-1 lead.
That lead was challenged only in the bottom of that interminable sixth inning as a single by Jeff McNeil and walks to Davis and Nido loaded the bases against Voth with only one out. Nats fans held their breath as a fly ball off the bat of Nunez fell short of the warning track in right and into Eaton's glove for a sac fly and the second out. Mets manager Rojas turned to ex-Nat Matt Adams in the pitcher's spot for Adams' first at-bat of the season. Three mighty swings later, Adams' strikeout sent him back to the bench with a chorus of boos from frustrated Mets fans.
Tanner Rainey pitched an impressive ninth in mop-up duty with a pair of strikeouts, and Trea Turner reached base three time, hit his first home run (a solo shot in the fourth inning to give the Nats the lead they would not relinquish). Washington's quest for an undefeated season continues tomorrow in Miami with Joe Ross making the start.
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