rambo Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Keep up the winning lz! Nice work on the last headline.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 Keep up the winning lz! Nice work on the last headline.... Thanks, I thought it was cute. :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 22, 2007 Author Share Posted November 22, 2007 August 29th Game 132: Nationals (67-64) at Dodgers (59-72) Washington Out-Lasts L.A. Left: Matt Kemp full-out diving catch, robbing Jason SImontacchi of a base hit. Trent Durrington was able to score on the play though. Right: Nomar Garciaparra homers over the centerfield wall in the fifth inning. A two-run homerun from Scott McClain in the top of the first inning gave the Nationals an early lead that they would hold the entirety of the contest, to defeat the Dodgers, Monday night. Los Angeles would get on the board immediately in their half of the inning when Juan Pierre it a leadoff homerun. Washington starting pitcher, Jason Simontacchi threw several border line pitches called balls during the at bat, before feeding a fastball on the outside corner that Pierre was able to line just over the left field wall. The Nationals got the run back and took a 3-1 lead in the second inning, when Trent Durrington scored on a sacrifice fly hit by Simontacchi. Matt Kemp, the Dodgers right fielder made a nice running and leaping catch to his left to rob the Nats starter of a base hit, but the ball was hit plenty deep for Durrington to tag up at third base and score. Kemp struck again in the next inning, when Chris Coste sliced a base hit down the right field line that Kemp cut off and threw to Rafael Furcal covering second base in time to make the tag and prevent Coste from turning his base hit into a double. In the fourth inning, Furcal got a taste of his own medicine when he was also thrown out trying to leg out a double to right field, that George Lombard got to in time to throw out the speedy shortstop sliding into the bag. In the fifth inning, Nomar Garciaparra drilled his 14th homerun of the season to cut the Nationals lead to one at 3-2. That would be the last of the runs Simontacchi would allow in the game, as he exited after the sixth inning, with two runs allowed off three hits, while striking out two. A team effort by Washington's bull pen held the lead, with Bryan Corey, Micah Bowie, Chad Paronto, Erasmo Ramirez and Lee Gardner pitching scoreless seventh, eighth and ninth innings. Gardner was able to pick up his 42nd save in the process and insured Simontacchi's eighth win of the season. The Nationals and Dodgers will play game two of the three game set tomorrow. Stephen Randolph (7-7) and Brad Penny (10-9) are scheduled to make starts for their respective teams. Boxscore: WAS 3 - LAD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 August 30th Game 133: Nationals (68-64) at Dodgers (59-73) Washington Wins Again Left: Danny Ardoin's doubles to right field to score George Lombard and score the first run for Washington in the third inning. Right: Scott McClain is fired up after scoring the go ahead run in the eighth inning. The Nationals missed several scoring opportunities against Los Angeles starter, Brad Penny, but still managed to pound out six runs off a total of 13 hits to defeat the Dodgers by a score of 6-3 Tuesday night. That first missed offensive opportunity occurred in the second inning when Washington loaded the bases with just one out, but were unable to score, leaving Los Angeles' Andy LaRoche the chance to give the Dodgers a two-run lead in the second inning with his 17th homerun of the season. Washington came right back to tie it in the third inning when Danny Ardoin laced an RBI double into the right-center field gap to score George Lombard. In the next at bat, Scott McClain hit ground ball to second baseman Jeff Kent, who promptly threw over the head of LaRoche at third base allowing Andy Tracy advancing to third on the play, to score and tie the game. A greedy Ardoin was tagged out at home, also trying to score on the play after LaRoche retrieved the errant throw in front of the Dodgers dugout and threw to Russell Martin covering the plate. The game stayed knotted up at 2-2, until the eighth inning, when Takashi Saito was called on to relieve after Penny recorded the first out of the inning. Saito then walked McCLain and Jeff Kent then made his third error of the game, when he booted a hard ground ball hit by Jolbert Cabrera, putting runners on first and second with one out. McClain scored right after that when Trent Durrington lined one of his three base hits of the game, through the hole between shortstop and third base to give the Nationals a 3-2 lead. Two batters later Hiram Bocachica singled to right field, knocking in Cabrera, but a perfect throw from Matt Kemp to the plate prevented Durrington from also scoring on the play. With the Nationals on top 4-2, Los Angeles started their half of the eighth in comeback mode. Pinch hitter, Wilson Betemit hit a one-out single, but left the game after sliding in hard to second base, breaking up a double play on a ground ball hit by Juan Pierre. Replays showed Cabrera accidentally step on Betemit's hand when he went airborne trying to leap over the runner sliding into the bag. An MRI after the game revealed a slight fracture in Betemit's left hand and the Dodgers announced he would miss close to a month with the injury. Rafael Furcal struck back with a vengeance when he tripled in the next at bat to score Pierre, who had reached first safely on the broken up double play. The hit was number three on the day for Furcal. Bryan Corey came on the relieve for Erasmo Ramirez, who yielded the Furcal triple and promptly got out of the inning. Back to back homeruns from Chad Mottola and Andy Tracy in the ninth inning broke it open for Washington and Lee Gardner pitched a perfect ninth to secure the 6-3 victory and pick up save number 43 of the year. The final game of the series will be played Wednesday afternoon, with the Nationals sending Travis Smith (14-6) to the hill to counter the Dodgers, Chad Billingsley (8-9) Boxscore: WAS 6 - LAD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyMac910 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 comin' down the stretch, good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Great job on keeping this team in the hunt! Only a month or so of baseball left, Iz. Good luck on getting to the post season. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 comin' down the stretch, good luck! Great job on keeping this team in the hunt! Only a month or so of baseball left, Iz. Good luck on getting to the post season. It really is coming down to the wire between the Braves, Mets, Phillies and Nationals for the NL East crown. It's gonna be a red hot September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 August 31st Game 134: Nationals (69-64) at Dodgers (59-74) Los Angeles Dodges Bullet, Take Game Three Left: Juan Pierre scores on Rafael Furcal's first inning homerun. Right: Chad Billingsley picked up his ninth victory of the year in the Dodgers 5-2 win. The Nationals failed to complete the three game series sweep against the Dodgers in L.A., Wednesday afternoon, losing to the men in blue by a score of 5-2. Juan Pierre led off the game with the first of what would be an eventual three triples in the game for the Dodgers center fielder. Pierre would then score the first run of the game when Rafael Furcal smashed a two run homerun over the left-center field wall. L.A.'s speedy top of the order would strike again in the third inning, when Pierre tripled a second time, then scored on a sacrifice fly from Furcal. With the Dodgers jumping out to an early 3-0 lead, the Nationals attempted to get back in the game in the fourth inning, but a line drive double play hit by Andy Tracy with runners on the corners ended the inning and prevented Washington from scoring. The Nationals would rally again in the fifth inning and put runners on first and second with just one out, but once again put a goose egg up on the scoreboard as they failed to get any runs across. Pierre lined his third straight triple in the Dodgers half of the fifth, to score Los Angeles starting pitcher Chad Billingsley, who had just singled. Fortunately, for the Nationals, their starting pitcher, Travis Smith prevented Furcal from knocking in Pierre again when he struck out the Dodgers shortstop. Washington finally got on the board in the sixth inning, when George Lombard singled and then scored from first on a base hit down the right field line by Tracy. Danny Ardoin struck out with two runners on to end the inning and prevent the Nationals from doing any more damage in the frame. Andy LaRoche would get that run back for Los Angeles though in the Dodgers half of the sixth, when he hit a homerun for the second straight night. His 18th long ball of the year. The Nationals starting pitcher, Smith, would exit after the sixth, finishing with five runs allowed off seven hits, with five strikeouts. He would also be charged with his seventh loss of the year. Washington got some bad news in the seventh inning when they lost second baseman Jolbert Cabrera to injury for the second time this season, when he was injured trying to break up a double play at second base. The team announced after the game that Cabrera would be out at least a week with an inflammed left elbow. Dodgers starter, Billingsley lasted until the eighth inning, exiting after giving up a single to Lombard, who would eventually came around to score in the inning. The run ended Billingsley's day with two runs allowed off 10 hits, with one walk and two strikeouts over 7 1/3 innings, en route to his ninth victory of the year. The Nationals will now head home to Washington, for a weekend series with the Giants at RFK stadium, beginning Friday. Boxscore: WAS 2 - LAD 5 League News Brewers, (SP) Ben Sheets out 10 days pulled groin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaptorQuiz Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 ...on the subject of Kip Wells, I'm going to go ahead and put it out there I think he is the next Chris Carpenter and Jeff Suppan of the St. Louis Cardinals this year. :lmao: And now, on Nov 26, 2007... we see how your prediction for the Kipper turned out. Not well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 :lmao: And now, on Nov 26, 2007... we see how your prediction for the Kipper turned out. Not well. ...and that came out of no where, but you're absolutely right. His addition to my fantasy teams worked wonders for my rotation as I'm sure you can imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie_rick Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Shame about the loss but hopefully you can get a few wins under your belt in succesion :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSabathiaEra Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 hope you win world series!hey you never know :box: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Shame about the loss but hopefully you can get a few wins under your belt in succesion hope you win world series!hey you never know :box: Thanks guys. It's been a blast so far and there's still a lot of baseball to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 August Standings and League Leaders American League Leaders Hitting Stats Batting Average Frank Thomas, TOR - .351 Jason Giambi, NYY - .344 Manny Ramirez, - .343 Kevin Youkilis, BOS - .343 J.D. Drew, BOS - .339 Home Runs Jason Giambi, NYY - 39 Wily Mo Pena, BOS - 33 Mark Teixeira, TEX - 33 Jim Thome, CHW - 32 Alex Rodriguez, NYY - 29 RBI Jason Giambi, NYY - 114 Coco Crisp, BOS - 101 Johnny Damon, NYY - 101 Justin Morneau, MIN - 98 Reggie Sanders, KC - 97 Stolen Bases Ichiro Suzuki, SEA - 38 Kenny Lofton, TEX - 38 Chone Figgins, LAA - 34 Carl Crawford, TB - 33 Brian Roberts, BAL - 27 Runs Derek Jeter, NYY - 106 Alex Rodriguez, NYY - 101 Manny Ramirez, BOS - 96 David DeJesus, KC - 93 Vernon Wells, TOR - 92 Hits David DeJesus, KC - 172 Kenny Lofton, TEX - 170 Manny Ramirez, BOS - 169 Julio Lugo, BOS - 167 Alex Rios, TOR - 166 Doubles Julio Lugo, BOS - 35 Jeff Cirillo, MIN - 34 Ryan Shealy, KC - 33 Tori Hunter, MIN - 33 Reggie Sanders, KC - 32 Manny Ramirez, BOS - 32 Frank Thomas, TOR - 32 Triples Coco Crisp, BOS - 10 Esteban German, KC - 9 Kenny Lofton, TEX - 8 Grady Sizemore, CLE - 7 Brad Wilkerson, TEX - 7 On Base Percentage Frank Thomas, TOR - .473 Kevin Youkilis, BOS - .460 Jason Giambi, NYY - .453 Manny Ramirez, BOS - .443 Alex Rodriguez, NYY - .435 Slugging Percentage Jason Giambi, NYY - .644 Frank Thomas, TOR - .635 Manny Ramirez, BOS - .582 Mark Teixeira, TEX - .578 J.D. Drew, BOS - .576 Pitching Stats ERA Johan Santana, MIN - 2.38 Bartolo Colon, LAA - 3.13 Jake Westbrook, CLE - 3.27 Justin Verlander, DET - 3.27 Erik Bedard, BAL - 3.36 C.C. Sabathia, CLE - 3.36 Wins Johan Santana, MIN - 15 Rich Harden, OAK - 14 Josh Beckett, BOS - 14 Scott Kazmir, TB - 14 5 tied at 13 Strikeouts Johan Santana, MIN - 162 Erik Bedard, BAL - 151 Roy Halladay, TOR - 148 Francisco Liriano, MIN - 147 Justin Verlander, DET - 145 Innings Pitched Johan Santana, MIN - 197 C.C. Sabathia, CLE - 187.2 Bartolo Colon, CLE - 184 Scott Kazmir, TB - 179.1 Jake Westbrook, CLE - 179 Saves Octavio Dotel, KC -34 J.J Putz, SEA - 31 Joe Nathan, MIN - 31 Huston Street, OAK - 30 Mariano Rivera, NYY - 30 Batting Average Against Johan Santana, MIN - .213 Jake Westbrook, CLE - .237 Roger Clemens, LAA - .241 Rich Harden, OAK - .248 Felix Hernandez, SEA - .249 National League Leaders Hitting Stats Batting Average Ryan Howard, PHI - .360 Todd Helton, COL - .349 Garrett Atkins, COL - .344 Albert Pujols, STL - .337 Ryan Zimmerman, HOU - .336 Home Runs Albert Pujols, STL - 33 Jason Bay, PIT - 32 Alfonso Soriano, CHC - 29 Adam LaRoche, PIT - 29 Chase Utley, PHI - 29 RBI Albert Pujols, STL - 106 Ryan Howard, PHI - 99 Lance Berkman, HOU - 91 Scott Rolen, STL - 90 Jason Bay, PIT - 89 Adam LaRoche, PIT - 89 Stolen Bases George Lombard, WAS - 45 Juan Pierre, LAD - 40 Chris Duffy, PIT - 37 Joe Reyes, NYM - 35 Jimmy Rollins, PHI - 35 Runs Ryan Zimmerman, HOU - 98 Jason Bay, PIT - 97 Albert Pujols, STL - 94 Garrett Atkins, COL - 92 David Wright, NYM - 91 Hits Garrett Atkins, COL - 186 Ryan Zimmerman, HOU - 181 Todd Helton, COL - 174 Ryan Howard, PHI - 172 Albert Pujols, STL - 171 Doubles Garrett Atkins, COL - 34 Chris Coste, WAS - 33 Moises Alou, SF - 33 Adam Lind, MIL - 32 Carlos Delgado, NYM - 32 John Rodriguez, STL - 32 Triples Garrett Atkins, COL - 10 David Eckstein, ATL - 9 Juan Pierre, LAD - 8 8 tied with 7 On Base Percentage Ryan Howard, PHI - .454 Todd Helton, COL - .452 Jason Bay, PIT - .437 Carlos Delgado, NYM - .435 Garrett Atkins, COL - .429 Slugging Percentage Jason Bay, PIT - .612 Ryan Howard, PHI - .592 Albert Pujols, STL - .586 Garrett Atkins, COL - .577 Todd Helton, COL - .565 Pitching Stats ERA Jake Peavy, SD - 2.45 Pedro Martinez, NYM - 2.60 Tim Hudson, ATL - 2.65 Adam Wainwright, STL - 2.68 Chris Carpenter, STL - 2.74 Wins Jake Peavy, SD - 17 Roy Oswalt, HOU - 16 Bronson Arroyo, CIN - 15 Chris Carpenter, STL - 14 Travis Smith, WAS - 14 Pedro Martinez, NYM - 14 Strikeouts Brandon Webb, ARI - 171 Jake Peavy, SD - 165 Pedro Martinez, NYM - 163 Carlos Zambrano, CHI - 161 Aaron Cook, COL - 159 Innings Pitched Roy Oswalt, HOU - 196 Jake Peavy, SD - 194.2 Bronson Arroyo, CIN - 190 Tim Hudson, ATL - 190 Ben Sheets, MIL - 187.2 Saves Lee Gardner, WAS - 43 Trevor Hoffman, SD - 36 Jason Isringhausen, STL - 34 Luis Ayala, ATL - 33 Billy Wagner, NYM - 31 Batting Average Against Ben Sheets, MIL - .229 Jake Peavy, SD - .238 Hong-Chih Kuo, LAD - .241 Adam Wainwright, STL - .242 Derek Lowe, LAD - .244 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 September 2nd Game 135: Giants (60-74) at Nationals (69-65) 12th Inning Single From McClain Gives Washington Win Left: Ray Durham just misses knocking down Augie Ojeda's sixth inning single, the first Washington hit of the game. Right: Scott McClain's 12th inning single scored Matt Erikcson from third and won it for the Nationals. Matt Erickson singled to start the 12th inning, advanced to third on back to back infield ground outs, then eventually scored on a two out single up the middle by Scott McClain to give the Nationals a 4-3 extra-inning victory over the Giants Friday night. The first four innings of the contest, proved to be a pitchers duel and defensive show-case as Washington starting pitcher, R. A. Dickey struck out the side in the first inning, followed by two great defensive plays by San Francisco shortstop, Omar Vizquel and right fielder, Jose Bautista. Vizquel robbed George Lombard of a base hit with a leaping catch on a line drive to the shortstop's right in the first inning. In the third inning, Bautista made a feet first sliding catch on a bloop hit by Trent Durrington. Both teams starting pitchers lasted seven innings a piece. Dickey finished with two runs allowed off six hits, with five strikeouts, while Sanchez was charged with three runs off five hits, with two strikeouts. Neither starter factored in the decision of course. Marty McLeary picked up the win, allowing just one hit and striking out two in two shutout innings. The Giants, Steve Kline was charged with the loss, his fifth of the year after giving up McClain's RBI single. Neither team was able to pick up a hit, until Pedro Feliz doubled to lead off the fifth inning. Feliz would later come around to score on a single by Rich Aurilla and give the Giants a 1-0 lead. Augie Ojeda picked up the Nationals first hit in Washington's half of the sixth, when he hit a line drive up the middle just off the glove of a diving Ray Durham. Dickey would then reach first base after Durham fielded his hit ball, then pulled Vizquel, covering second base in an attempt to get Ojeda via the force out, off the bag allowing all the runners to reach base safely. Hiram Bocachica then singled to score Ojeda, tying the game 1-1. San Francisco managed to get runners on the corners with one out in the seventh, but an inning-ending double play hit by Bautista stymied any rally attempt. Washington however, would take advantage of having a runner on base in the seventh inning and went up 3-1 when Danny Ardoin drilled his 26th homerun of the year. In the eighth inning, Bengie Molina would shrink the lead to one when he scored on a fielders choice by Randy Winn. Then Feliz would tie it at 3-3 when he collected his third hit of the day, a solo homerun to start the ninth. Later in the frame, Nationals shorstop Luis Figueroa, who entered the game as part of a double-switch in the previous inning, would exit after sustaining an injury while diving for a single hit up the middle by Bautista. Matt Erickson would replace Figueroa in the field and eventually score the winning run on McClain's single in the 12th. The Giants and Nationals will meet again tomorrow night. Barry Zito (6-10) will make the start, while Washington will counter with Chris Michalak (8-7) in a battle of the south paws. Boxscore: SF 3 - WAS 4 League News Tigers, (SP) Wilfredo Ledezma out 7 days with PCL sprain. Marlins, (SP) Jose Garcia out 19 days with strained right forearm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 September 3rd Game 136: Giants (60-75) at Nationals (70-65) Giants Make Small Work Of Nationals as Bonds Passes Aaron Left: Barry Zito was dominant Saturday, allowing just six hits in a complete game shutout of the Nationals. Right: Barry Bonds follows through on the 756th homerun of his career to surpass Hank Aaron on the all-time list. Before Saturday's game, the Nationals announced infielder Luis Figueroa, who left Friday's game early, would miss the remainder of the season with a torn knee ACL. The team placed Figueroa on the disabled list and called up infielder Jorge Velandia to replace him on the roster. Velandia, who began the season as Washington's opening day second baseman, was eventually optioned down to Triple-A Columbus, where he spend the remainder of the season, hitting .253 with 13 homeruns and 42 RBI. "Losing Luis is a great loss," Nationals manager Manny Acta said. "He was one of our strongest defenders and though not known as a huge offensive threat, he did come up with some big hits for us during the season and he leaves a huge void that we will do our best to fill," Acta added. The news on the field for Saturday's game wasn't much better for the Nationals as San Francisco starting pitcher, Barry Zito pitched a complete game shutout, striking out nine, while allowing six hits to lead the Giants to a 9-0 victory. Ray Durham, who was 3-4 with three runs scored, hit the first of his two homeruns on the day in the first inning. The Giants added four more runs in the third, when Randy Winn slashed an RBI single to right field to score Bengie Molina. The other three runs in the inning game courtesy of Barry Bonds' 756th homerun of his career, a three-run shot just over the right field wall off Nationals starter Chris Michalak. "I'm part of a special moment that won't soon be forgotten," Michalak remarked about Bonds' record breaking blast. "I'm the guy who gave it up and as a kid you always dream of this moment. Unfortunately, you dream about being the one hitting the home run, not giving it up," Michalak added. "It's a historical moment and I got chills just being on the same field the moment it happened," said Washington right fielder, George Lombard. "Watching that ball fly over the wall was one of those times in your life you're going to tell your kids and your grandkids what you were doing the moment that he broke the record." "No one can ever say we shied away from the moment, because Chris and I already talked about the possibility of him breaking the record this weekend and we were going to go at him with out best stuff," Nationals catcher Danny Ardoin remarked. "If he hit it against us, he hit it against us and he did," said Ardoin. After the homerun, there was a short pause in game play as a recorded message was broadcast on the stadium's video board from incumbent record holder Hank Aaron paying tribute to Bonds. "Throughout the past century the home run has held a special place in baseball and I have been privileged to hold this record for 33 of those years," he said. "I move over now and offer my best wishes to Barry and his family on this historic achievement." The accomplishment, however, is not without controversy. While Bonds remains a hero in San Francisco, he is often jeered in other ballparks because of whirling steroid abuse rumors that have plagued the sport the last few years. Despite this controversy, for at least 10 minutes in our nations capital on Saturday, no one cared about steroids or any other issues as Bonds received a standing ovation from the home crowd, both dugouts and an entire country. Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, who was not at the game, but congratulated Bonds by telephone afterwards. In a prepared statement, Selig said, "While the issues which have swirled around this record will continue to work themselves toward resolution, today is a day for congratulations on a truly remarkable achievement." With a 5-0 lead and Zito mowing through the Nationals order, things only got better for the Giants. Durham drilled his second homerun of the game in the fifth and Aurilla added one of his own in the sixth to put San Francisco up 7-0. In the seventh inning, Omar Vizquel led off the frame with a single, then stole second base after Winn grounded out, prompting relief pitcher Marty McLeary to hit Durham in the back with the next pitch. New homerun king, Bonds then struck out, followed by a two-out, two-run double by Pedro Feliz to cap the Giants scoring at nine. Zito closed out the last three innings with little trouble and San Francisco held on to defeat the Nationals by the score of 9-0. The same two teams will meet up again Sunday afternoon, with the Giants sending Matt Cain (8-14) to the hill against Washington's Jason Simontacchi (8-. Boxscore: SF 9 - WAS 0 League News Padres, (SP) Andrew Miller out 15 days with strained right ribcage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportnut1486 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 that was cool! except you lost..... nice article though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Boooooooooooooooo! Bad loss, bad record, bad player! Nice presentation though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 that was cool! except you lost..... nice article though Boooooooooooooooo! Bad loss, bad record, bad player! Nice presentation though. Thanks for the kind comments on the article. Funny how it was somewhat accurate to real life, since Chris Michalak is a left-handed pitcher for Washington in my dynasty and Mike Bacsik is a left-handed pitcher for the "real" Nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Thanks for the kind comments on the article. Funny how it was somewhat accurate to real life, since Chris Michalak is a left-handed pitcher for Washington in my dynasty and Mike Bacsik is a left-handed pitcher for the "real" Nationals. C'mon phils Don't you love the fact that it's been a challenge? Seriously Iz, very solid dynasty. Great work. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 September 4th Game 137: Giants (61-75) at Nationals (70-66) Coste and Company Crush Giants Left: Chris Coste drills one of his four homeruns of the day against the Giants. Right: Jason Simontacchi took care of San Francisco's hitters from the mound, pitching 7 2/3 shutout innings in the win. After falling to San Francisco by a score of 9-0, Saturday night, the Nationals "inner giants" awoke Sunday afternoon to pound the visiting Giants by a score of 14-0. Chris Coste and Andy Tracy led Washington's offense, each collecting four hits a piece and combining to hit five homeruns. Four of those long balls came off the bat of Coste, who also knocked in five runs in his five trips to the plate. "What can I say, there are days when you just feel locked in and in the zone." "Today was one of those days," Coste said about his remarkable performance at the plate, Sunday. Chad Mottola, Danny Ardoin, Doug Clark and Hiram Bocachica also homered in the win. Coste's first long ball came in his first trip to the plate in the first inning, a solo shot to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead. Mottola followed two batters later with his homerun, a two-run shot after Tracy had singled. Coste and Tracy teamed up to hit back to back long balls in the third inning to give Washington a 6-0 lead. San Francisco starting pitcher Matt Cain exited in the fifth inning after giving up Coste's third homerun to start the frame and a single by Tracy in the next at bat. Cain finished with seven runs allowed off nine hits over four inning of work. Russ Ortiz came on to relieve and induced a ground ball double play to Mottola, before ending the inning without allowing Washington from doing any more damage offensively. Hiram Bocachica would knock in Matt Erickson with an RBI single in the sixth inning, but that would be all the runs Ortiz would allow in his three innings of work. Washington starting pitcher, Jason Simontacchi shut out the Giants for 7 2/3 innings before walking Barry Bonds to load the bases in the eighth. Chad Paronto would come on to relieve and get Pedro Feliz to ground out and end the inning. After being shut down by Ortiz the previous three innings, the Nationals offense came back to life in their half of the eighth to score six more runs. Five of those came off reliever, Brad Hennessey, who allowed five runs off five hits without recording an out. Ardoin's solo homerun started the frame and back to back singles from Trent Durrington and Erickson gave Clark the opportunity to put three more runs on the board with his mammoth blast. Boacachica would follow with another homerun in the next at bat, the eighth of the game for Washington. Sun-Woo Kim would come on to relieve and induce a ground ball out from George Lombard before giving up Chris Coste's fourth homerun of the day. Kim would eventually get out of the inning and Washington reliever Bryan Corey would pitch a perfect ninth to end a long day for the Giants and preserve Simontacchi's ninth victory of the year. With the Giants leaving town, the Nationals have now completed their out of division schedule and will play only eastern division teams until the end of the season. Washington is now tied with the Mets for second place in the National League East, just one game back of the division leading Braves. The Nationals will welcome the Marlins into town Monday, where they will begin a three game series with the team that has given them trouble for the majority of the season carrying a 4-8 record against Florida into tomorrow's game. Boxscore: SF 0 - WAS 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted December 1, 2007 Author Share Posted December 1, 2007 Week 22 Standings and Stats Player of the Week Chris Coste .348 AVG, 4 HR's, 6 RBI for the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie_rick Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Now thats a win :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupeFiasco Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 get milledge on your team!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSabathiaEra Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 coste is doing amazing is he your best player in overall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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