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Friday, June 5, 2009

Nats' Nuggets 6.5.09

Today Nats' Notes:

  • Scott Olsen is doing rehab in Potomac.
  • Elijah Dukes isn't going to jail because he made a payment in time to his estranged wife.

"Go the Other Way" Nieves

Wil Nieves won the nickname poll with "Go the Other Way"!

A Double Downer versus the Giants!

The Nats dropped a doubleheader to the Giants yesterday by the scores of 5-1 and 4-1.

Game 1

The Nats lost to Randy Johnson who earned his 300th victory of his career.

Pitching:

Jordan Zimmermann was outstanding in the lost as pitched 6 innings and gave up only up two runs. He also struck out seven batters

Ron Villone and Mike McDougal were excellent as they pitched the 7th and 8th inning respectively without giving up a run. Joel Hanrahan was terrible as he gave up 3 runs without recording an out in the 9th. Joe Beimel was able to close out the 9th without giving up a run.

Batting:

The Nats had only one run with five different Nats getting hits. Nick Johnson had the only RBI of the game.

Box score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_06_04_sfnmlb_wasmlb_1

Game 2

The Nats lost the second game in a rain shortern game to the Giant, 4-1.

Pitching:

Ross Detwiler gave up 4 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings in a game that was called in the 6th. Detwiler dropped to 0-2.

Batting:

The Nats got five different players to get a hit, but they only scored one run. Ryan Zimmerman got the only RBI of the game.

Box score:
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_06_04_sfnmlb_wasmlb_2

Record:

The Nats drop to 14-38 and continue to be in last place in the NL East.

Next Game:

The Nats welcome the New York Mets tonight to Nationals Park as Sharion Martis (5-1) takes on the Mets' Tim Redding (0-2) at 7:05pm.

Randy! Randy!

Randy Johnson was outstanding yesterday during a wet game at Nationals Park as the Giants beat the Nats, 5-1, to earn his 300th victory of his career.

Randy Johnson will always be to me the dominant 5 time Cy Young winner when he was playing for the Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Nats Out Slug the Giants, 10-6.

The Nats scored six runs in the 8th inning to propel the Nats past the Giants, 10-6 and stopped their six game losing streak. Starter Craig Stammen pitched six innings, but gave up 5 runs. The reliever of Julian Tavarez and Ron Villone pitch 2 innings of shut out relief; Villone picked up his third victory for his effort. Joel Hanrahan pitched the 9th, but gave up one run.


The offense scored their 10 runs on fourteen hits. The offense was lead by Josh Bard and Anderson Hernandez who both had 3 hits apiece. Bard hit his first homer of the year. Also, Ryan Zimmerman added two hits.

Yesterday's box score is the following:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_06_02_sfnmlb_wasmlb_1


The Nats improve to 14-36 and continue to be in last place of the NL
East.

The Nats take on the Giants tonight at 7:05pm as Jordan Zimmerman match up against the Giants' Randy Johnson.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Nats' Notes 6.2.09

Today's Nats' Notes:
  • Pitching coach Randy St. Claire was fired and Steve McCatty replaced him.
  • Elijah Dukes came off the DL and Kip Wells was put on the 15 day DL retroactive May 31st.
  • Jesus Flores will be out for a minimum of three month due to a stress fracture.

Spot On!

I mention in my Nats' Nuggets 5.31.09 that Randy St. Claire would be released before Manny Acta would be fired.

Today pitching coach Randy St. Claire was relieved of his duties and Steve McCatty replaced him