Good teams would have finished this one off.

How can a ball go over your head late?

 

Why was he playing so far in?

Probably because it's Brian Bixler.

Crain has struggled mightily getting the 3rd out in a crucial situation it seems. Can't believe we let Bixler beat us, but yes, if Crain threw all sliders to Ramos and never tried to change his eye level with a fastball, then shame on AJP. Same crap he pulled against Miguel Cabrera.

This is a game where the 6 man rotation has really cost us.

Jesse Crain looks like he is wearing one of those illuminating necklaces you were during the 4th of July.

This is Crain. The slider is what he throws.

 

Have to keep a hitter honest though. Waste a pitch here or there.

Hence, the ideal world.

Yeah, I hear you...but ideal insinuates something is actually possible...

I guess we just don't want to get back to .500.

Good teams would have finished this one off.

 

a smart player gets hit to win the game innings ago

we're going to wear crain out by the break

Nationals have a huge horseshoe up their ass this last month. Finding crazy ways to get big runs home late.

This is a game where the 6 man rotation has really cost us.

 

ONE game. With that being said, a game that should have been over like an hour ago.

do keep in mind that the nats are the hottest team in baseball right now

So how did Edwin look tonight?

Dunn hopefully has some confidence back, so I feel confident in his at-bat. Walk is just as good as a hit by me (unless that hit would be an HR).

If the other team doesn't gift wrap runs to us, we're not scoring on a non-home run.

 

It's been this way all season.

I have the feeling this game will define the season. This is twice we have rallied, and then twice we have served it up. Can we recover?

i still say we win it in the 12th

So how did Edwin look tonight?

Dirty. But racked up a lot of pitches.

So how did Edwin look tonight?

 

Sharper than usual. Probably one of his better starts this season.

Silver lining: maybe Morel gets sent down to add a reliever after the game.

Clippard is as good a reliever as there is

This season is the very definition of purgatory.

Yeah, I hear you...but ideal insinuates something is actually possible...

It still certainly is. It's mental with Beckham. We know he has the talent. He needs to go back to just swinging and not thinking about every little mechanical thing. He's putting a lot of pressure on himself. Luckily he's been able to stay loose in the clubhouse and is still defending well.

its frustrating, first the pitch selection on Santos throwing a changeup 1-2 after getting a swinging strike on the slider, and then Crain throwing like 8 straight sliders to Ramos.