GDT 8/28/18 Washington Nationals (Scherzer) @ Philadelphia Phillies (Nola)

[DurhamBull]

Bad timing for Neshek's first HR allowed.

[ButlerBulldog]

Unbelievable

Kapler should have pulled Hunter to start the inning. Good grief!

[Philsmania]

Good thing we play the Cubs this weekend. We play better against teams with with winning records.

[kikutaro]

Zimmerman

Called strike (88.3 mph sinker)
Foul (89.6 mph sinker)
Foul (81.3 mph slider)
Ball (89.6 mph sinker)
Foul (89.6 mph sinker)
Ball (83.4 mph slider)
In play, out(s) (89.3 mph sinker)

Ryan Zimmerman singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Nick Williams. Ryan Zimmerman out at 2nd, right fielder Nick Williams to shortstop Scott Kingery.

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Replay review - looks like Zimmerman may be safe at second. And he is - one out runner on second.

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Neshek has been pretty good this year for the Phillies, but not tonight. He hung two sliders to Rendon, the second one landed deep in the LF seats.

[ButlerBulldog]

Neris coming in to replace Neshek. I don’t understand why Kapler didn’t have Neshek ready to start the inning. Now, he’s going to burn through the bullpen to get two outs.

[kikutaro]

Wieters

Mound Visit.
Pitching Change: Hector Neris replaces Pat Neshek, batting 9th.
Called strike (85.4 mph splitter)
Swinging strike (86.4 mph splitter)
Foul (86.3 mph splitter)
Ball (95.7 mph four-seam fastball)
With Matt Wieters batting, Ryan Zimmerman steals (1) 3rd base, Ryan Zimmerman scores. Throwing error by catcher Jorge Alfaro.
Foul (86.6 mph splitter)
Swinging strike (85.9 mph splitter)

Matt Wieters strikes out swinging.

[LoneStarPhan]

Kapler seems to have a knack at using up relievers. Of course, he doesn't throw the home run pitches.

Walking the lead off hitter with a one run lead just sets up loses. It's especially distressing when that hitter is 0-3 with 3 Ks before the walk.

I am getting a groundhog day feeling about the Phillies. Things going along fine looking like they are cruising to a nice win, and then, they blow it again, and again, and again.

Oh yes, another throwing error and it gives them another run.

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Rats!

[kikutaro]

Difo

Ball (96.0 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (86.0 mph splitter)
Swinging strike (85.9 mph splitter)
Ball (86.5 mph splitter)
Foul (85.5 mph splitter)
In play, out(s) (95.1 mph four-seam fastball)

Wilmer Difo pops out to second baseman Cesar Hernandez.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Washington Nationals	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	5	6	0
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0		3	5	2

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Current Batters

Washington Nationals

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Eaton RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.298	.381	.408	.789
Turner SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.334	.404	.738
Harper CF	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	.247	.378	.501	.879
Rendon 3B	4	2	3	2	0	0	1	.299	.358	.504	.862
Soto LF	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.290	.409	.502	.911
Zimmerman 1B	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	.265	.336	.526	.862
Wieters C	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	.235	.314	.366	.680
Difo 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.297	.358	.655
Scherzer P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.322	.321	.643
Stevenson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.245	.295	.340	.635
Grace P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Cordero P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Reynolds PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.258	.341	.516	.857
Glover P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Philadelphia Phillies

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hernández, C 2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.257	.363	.361	.724
Hoskins LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.363	.500	.863
Quinn LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.371	.533	.904
Cabrera, A 3B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.263	.313	.456	.769
Herrera, O CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.268	.322	.448	.770
Santana, C 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.220	.348	.405	.753
Williams, N RF	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.330	.441	.771
Kingery SS	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	.233	.274	.344	.618
Alfaro C	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	.252	.309	.393	.702
Nola P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.060	.078	.080	.158
Bautista PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.196	.338	.363	.701
Hunter P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Neshek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Neris P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Current Pitchers

Washington Nationals

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Scherzer	5.0	4	3	3	0	5	2	99-68	2.22
Grace	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	24-18	2.90
Cordero	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3-3	3.00
Glover	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	15-9	5.68

Philadelphia Phillies

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-K	ERA
Nola	7.0	4	2	1	2	8	0	106-72	2.10
Hunter	1.0	0	1	1	1	2	0	17-13	3.93
Neshek	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	14-10	2.08
Neris	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-9	5.54

[Patchmk88]

Error after error after error with this team

[ButlerBulldog]

Kapler seems to have a knack at using up relievers. Of course, he doesn't throw the home run pitches.

I don’t blame him for the home run, but I do fault him for extending Hunter for one batter too many. As Neshek was already warming up, he should have faced Harper.

[nycphils]

Hunter is better vs LHB (.697 OPS). Wasn’t an error. Problem is that Neshek has been even better vs LHB this year and roughly the same for his career.

[kikutaro]

Santana, C

Defensive Substitution: Michael A. Taylor replaces pitcher Koda Glover, batting 9th, playing center field.
Pitching Change: Justin Miller replaces Koda Glover, batting 3rd, replacing center fielder Bryce Harper.
Ball (94.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (95.6 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (94.7 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, out(s) (95.0 mph four-seam fastball)

Carlos Santana grounds out sharply, second baseman Wilmer Difo to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman.

[kikutaro]

Williams, N

Ball (94.4 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, no out (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)

Nick Williams doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto.

[ButlerBulldog]

Hunter is better vs LHB (.697 OPS). Wasn’t an error. Problem is that Neshek has been roughly the same vs LHB this year.

And is much more experienced than Hunter. I’d rather he had faced Harper, whom I don’t think Phillies pitchers should tip-toe around as much as they do.

[kikutaro]

Ramos, W

Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Wilson Ramos replaces Scott Kingery.
Ball (93.3 mph four-seam fastball)
Swinging strike (94.1 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.7 mph four-seam fastball)
Mound Visit.
Foul (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (95.2 mph four-seam fastball)
Ball (93.8 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (95.5 mph four-seam fastball)
Foul (94.9 mph four-seam fastball)
In play, run(s) (88.1 mph slider)

Wilson Ramos doubles (20) on a line drive to right fielder Adam Eaton. Nick Williams scores.

Washington Nationals 5 - Philadelphia Phillies 4

[HopeSpringsEternal]

Too bad we gave them a second (unearned) run the last inning.

[LoneStarPhan]

Really a good at bat for Ramos. Nine pitches. A couple fouls that were just a little off the right field foul line.