Trumbo’s previous seven hits had all been home runs, dating to August 11.Lopez’s struggles continued into the following inning.
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It was a rough night for the Washington Nationals all around as they were even on the bad end of the replay system.
“He saved our bullpen”, Baker said.
“I think he’s going to be on the disabled list”, Showalter said. “Ain’t nobody scared of who’s behind them, but I’d like to pad it”. A good start for the Orioles offense off a good pitcher in Roark. It was the second time the Nationals led an inning off with a double and failed to score, sealing a missed opportunity to steal a victory. “I know we like the guys that we have on our team right now, and we’re just going to have to keep fighting as one”. “But other than that, I felt pretty good”. “Hopefully, we got it out of our system”.
For eight innings, the Nationals were outclassed, prolonging a recent trend of sloppiness.
It was a rough night for Reynaldo Lopez tonight at Camden Yards as the Washington Nationals right-hander gave up six runs in 2.2 innings against the Baltimore Orioles. The Nationals have Stephen Strasburg, Tanner Roark, and Max Scherzer all with 13 or more wins. Bryce Harper also had a pair of singles for the Nationals, who have lost three in a row. Joseph was batting.193 with no RBIs in 40 games. Lopez allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits over just 2 2/3 innings. The mistake loaded the bases and coaxed pitching coach Mike Maddux out of the dugout.
When leading after seven innings, Baltimore is 33-21, while Washington is 31-21. It was a odd sight for the pitcher who has emerged this season to post the lowest ERA in the Nationals’ sterling starting rotation. It will be the third time Ledecky has thrown out the first pitch at Nationals Park. The four runs were more than he had allowed in any of his previous five starts. The Orioles won the last game 4-3, and Baltimore leads the series 1-0.
That Roark left having given up just five runs was a minor miracle. Andre Dawson and Dmitri Young remained in the record books when Turner struck out in the ninth to finish his day 4 for 5.
Ledecky got a warm reception on the field 20 minutes before the start of the game but a rousing standing ovation when she was shown on the video board before the fifth inning. “Like we said in spring training, the team that wins one-run games is usually the one that’s out in front and stays out front”. “He can’t be great every single time”.
Strasburg’s recent decline, along with his latest stint on the DL (the eighth of his six-year career) is obviously a cause for concern among Nationals fan. An opportunity for a flurry spawned in the sixth.
But a potential uprising was blunted when Robinson was thrown out at third base for the first out of the inning.
So Ryan Zimmerman stepped in with the potential to walk it off and grounded into a game-ending double play. The question on the minds of some is whether the elbow was bothering him during those three starts. Last but not least, the Orioles have to do Oriole things and that’s simply just lead the league in runs and homers.
Mychal Givens, who came on with runners on second and third in the sixth, got the next three outs, and struck out Espinosa in the seventh. The Nats quickly rallied, and he left after Murphy’s first career slam. It’s so easy to say that those two runs weren’t earned, but in a sense they wouldn’t have crossed the plate had that error occurred with nobody on base.
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“I took a few days right after I got back and got some rest and kind of charged back up”, she said. “I’d swing first pitch”. They viewed the ninth-inning outburst as a sign of what they’ve been expecting for months, a springboard to reach that elusive peak.
