lz477 Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 May 21st Game 44: Orioles (20-23) at Nationals (23-20) Nationals Oust Orioles In Game Two Left: Aubrey Huff ties it 3-3 in the top half of the sixth. Right: Danny Ardoin gives the Nationals back the lead for good with a two run shot in the bottom of the sixth. Washington jumped on Orioles starter, Adam Loewen early after George Lombard led off the first with a single and Jolbert Cabrera followed that with his fourth homerun of the season to give the Nationals a quick 2-0 lead. Washington added another run when Joe Dillon stroked his first homer of the season in the third. The Orioles started their comeback bid in the top half of the fifth when Loewen singled and Brian Roberts homered. Aubrey Huff tied it 3-3 in the sixth on his seventh long ball of the year. The Nationals came right back in the next half-inning and took a 5-3 lead off a two run shot from Danny Ardoin. Washington's bullpen held onto that two run lead to seal the victory. Micah Bowie picked up his third win of the year and Lee Gardner closed out the ninth for his 13th save. Despite not factoring in the decision, Washington starter, Travis Smith was solid, giving up two runs of five hits and striking out seven in 5 innings of work. After the game, Nationals manager Manny Acta had good things to say about his pitching staff. "From top to bottom our guys are throwing the ball well," Acta said. "These guys have worked hard and their dedication towards constant improvement has really paid off." I'd even venture to say that because of this, we've got one of the best staffs in baseball right now," Acta added. The final game of the series is tomorrow afternoon. President George W. Bush will throw out the ceremonial first pitch, then Steve Trachsel (3-3) for the Orioles and Masumi Kuwata (1-0) for the Nationals will handle the duties on the mound after that. Boxscore: BAL 3 - WAS 5 League News Rangers, Wes Littleton (RP) out 15 days with minor ACL sprain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 May 22nd Game 45: Orioles (20-24) at Nationals (24-20) W in W for W in front of "W" Left: Masumi Kuwata continued his dominant play, pitching seven shutout innings. Right: Andy Tracy blasts his first homerun of the year. A near sellout crowd of around 50,000, saw the Washington Nationals pound the Baltimore Orioles at RFK Stadium, Sunday. Among that crowd were President, George W. Bush and First Lady, Laura Bush. Before the game, President Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch, a strike to Nationals catcher, Danny Ardoin. Once the game officially started it was a pitchers duel between Baltimore starter Steve Trachsel and the Nationals Masumi Kuwata for the first five and half innings. In the bottom of the sixth the Nationals put two runs on the board when Andy Tracy smashed his first homerun of the season off Trachsel. Washington scored five more runs in the seventh off the long ball, when Joe Dillon went deep after Matt Erickson singled. Tracy then added his second homer of the game later in the inning off Orioles reliever Jeremy Guthrie, after Doug Clark singled and Augie Ojeda doubled to give Washington a 7-0 lead. Baltimore scored their only run in the ninth when Melvin Mora singled, then advanced to third on an errant throw on a pick off attempt by Nationals reliever Bryan Corey. Nick Markakis's then knocked in Mora with a triple on the very next pitch. Kuwata picked up his second win of the season, pitching seven shutouts innings, while giving up four hits and striking out five. After three starts, Kuwata's ERA stands at 0.39 for the season and has exceeded all expectations for him since his promotion from AAA. "He's done well, real well," Nationals manager Manny Acta remarked about Kuwata's surprising start. "He's made Jim (Bowden) and I look like geniuses, but I can't even talk to the guy without his translator standing next to him, so I've doe nothing but let him go out there and throw the ball," Acta added. "And boy has he thrown it." The Nationals will fly to Cincinnati tonight to start a four game series with the Reds at the Great American Ballpark on Monday night. Boxscore: BAL 1 - WAS 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Week 7 Standings and Stats Player of the Week Masumi Kuwata 1-0, 14 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 8 K's for the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stEdfuNk Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 wow youre hanging in there in the standings :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RmembrZito75 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 This is one heck of a dynasty, man. You're taking a team of no-names to a march to the playoffs. Only 2 games out of first place with this kind of team is amazing. Great job and keep up the good work on the dynasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 May 23rd Game 46: Nationals (25-20 at Reds (23-21) Nationals Comeback Collapses In Cincinnati Left: Brandon Phillips two run homerun capped a big second inning for the Reds. Right: Andy Tracy strikes out in the third, one of nine K's on the day by the Nationals hitters. Led by a six run, second inning, the Cincinnati Reds handed Washington Nationals starter, Chris Michalak his second loss of the season. The Reds scoring started when Alex Gonzalez hit his 11th homerun of the season after Edwin Encarnacion led off the inning with a single. Jeff Conine then doubled and Kyle Lohse reached base on an error by Nationals shortstop, Augie Ojeda. Conine then scored on Ryan Freel's RBI double, before Brandon Phillips capped the inning with a two run shot to deep left field to put Cincinnati up 6-0. The Nationals managed to score all three of their runs in the sixth off Reds starter Lohse. Chris Coste started the inning off with base hit single to right, the first of his four hits of the day. Coste then scored on Chad Mottola's RBI single after Andy Tracy walked. Jolbert Cabrera then walked to load the bases following a strikeout by catcher Danny Ardoin. With the bases loaded, George Lombard single up the middle to score Andy Tracy. After Lombard's single, Cincinnati manager, Jerry Narron went to his bullpen, bringing in Gary Majewski to stop the Nationals rally. However, Majweski gave up a bases on balls to Augie Ojeda, the first batter he faced, walking in a run and trimming the lead to 6-3. Majweski righted himself after that though, striking out Andy Abad and Doug Clark to end the inning with the bases still loaded. All was quite until the eighth, when the Nationals first two hitters, Ardoin and Cabrera, reached base via the single, but were unable to start any kind of rally when Lombard grounded into a double play. Washington's first two hitters singled again in the ninth (Clark and Coste), but Reds, closer Eddie Guardado induced fly ball outs from Tracy and Mottola, before striking out Ardoin to end the game to pick up his ninth save. The victory was the first of the season for Cincinnati starter, Lohse, who finished with 5 1/3 innings work, giving up three runs off six hits and three walks, while striking out six. After the game, Washington manager, Manny Acta remained optimistic about his team continuing their early season success saying, "Our guys are being really patient at the plate and I really think with us drawing more walks, we're going to put more runs on the board and hopefully capitalize on more of those run scoring opportunities we seem to keep having." "Augie drew three walks tonight and even got credit for an RBI on one of them, but didn't score a single run," Acta added. "We've got to do better than that at getting those men on base plated and I'm confident we will." Game two of the four game set is tomorrow night. Marty McLeary (3-3) is scheduled to make the start for the Nationals, while the Reds will send Aaron Harang (3-3) to the mound. Boxscore: WAS 3 - CIN 6 League News Orioles trade (SS)Jason Bowers to Braves for (2B) Tim Moss Tigers sign (SP) Darrel May for 3 years at 1.00M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 May 24th Game 47: Nationals (25-21) at Reds (24-21) Cincinnati Falls In Game Two Clash With Nationals Left: Chad Mottola watches Brandon Phillips game-tying homerun fly over the fence. Right: Edwin Encarnacion's throw to third was not in time, loading the bases for Joe Dillon's three-run triple to follow. Washington's hitters were just what manager, Manny Acta wanted them to be coming into Tuesday nights contest against Aaron Harang and the Reds, patient. Harang threw 108 pitches and left after 6 2/3 innings of work after giving up five runs off eight hits, while walking four and striking out five in route to being charged with his fourth loss of the year. Marty McLeary, starting for the Nationals, picked up his fourth victory after he gave up just one run and six hits, while striking out four in his six innings of work. Washington was first on the board in the third when Harang walked Andy Tracy with the bases loaded, the third base on balls Harang allowed in the inning. Brandon Phillips fourth inning homerun tied it 1-1, before the Nationals scored four in the seventh. Three straight singles by Jolbert Cabrera, George Lombard and Augie Ojeda loaded the bases for Joe Dillon to clear the bases with a pinch hit triple and give the Nationals a 4-1 lead. Washington added another run later in the inning when Dillon score on Tracy's RBI single. Chad Paronta and Bryan Corey no hit the Reds the next three innings to secure the 5-1 win. Acta, who has preached patience at the plate for Washington's hitters most of the season was very pleased with his teams performance in run scoring opportunities Tuesday night. "We scored five runs off eight hits and only left about four or five guys on base all night," Acta said. "That's performance at the plate and that's what I hope we can do more of." The Nationals and Reds will meet up again tomorrow night for the third game of the four game set. Stephen Randolph (1-1) is scheduled to make the start for Washington, while Bronson Arroyo (4-4) will toe the rubber for Cincinnati. Boxscore: WAS 5 - CIN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 May 25th Game 48: Nationals (26-21) at Reds (24-22) Cincinnati Can't Capitalize Late And Loses To Washington Left: Chad Mottola smashes his ninth homerun of the year. Right: Stephen Randolph watches David Ross's solo shot fly out of the park in the fifth. Despite out hitting Washington, 11-7, and putting the tieing run in scoring position two consecutive innings, the Reds dropped their second straight game to the Nationals Wednesday night. The first hit of the game came in the second when Chad Mottola crushed a 2-0 fastball from Bronson Arroyo out of the park, to give Washington a 1-0 lead. Cincinnati tied it in the fifth after David Ross homered to left off Nationals starter, Stephen Randolph. Ross's solo shot would be the only offense the Reds would be able to muster however, as the Nationals took back the lead in the seventh off Danny Ardoin's team leading 10th homerun of the season. A two run shot to right center off Arroyo. Cincinnati did manage to load the bases in the eighth with just one out, but Bryan Corey got Adam Dunn and Edwin Encarnacion to fly out to end the inning unscathed. The Reds put the tying run in scoring position with just one out again in the ninth, but Washington closer, Lee Gardner was able to get out of the inning to preserve the victory, allowing Stephen Randolph to pick up his second win of the year and allow Gardner to grab his 14th save. "That was some clutch pitching our guys in the bullpen displayed tonight," Nationals manager Manny Acta said. "Shutting your opponent down, when they get the tying run on in back to back innings does nothing but build your team's confidence." "I'm proud of our bullpen, heck I'm just proud of our whole team," He added. "They're playing smart, consistent baseball right now and they're record shows it." Washington and Cincinnati will finally wrap up the four game series tomorrow, when the Nationals, Travis Smith (6-2) goes against, Reds rookie, Elizardo Ramirez (2-2). Boxscore: WAS 3 - CIN 1 League News Royals, John Buck © out 10 days with pulled hamstring. Mets trade (SS) Corey Ragsdale to Mariners for (SS) Gookie Dawkins Orioles trade (SP) Jim Johnson and (2B) Eider Torres to Dodgers for (2B) Thomas Perez and (SS) Chin-Lung Hu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Back on another win streak!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 May 26th Game 49: Nationals (27-21) at Reds (24-23) Nationals Score Late To Take Series Left: Alex Gonzalez robs Jolbert of a base hit in the sixth. Right: Doug Clark was 0-5 with three strikeouts Thursday. Both Travis Smith and Elizardo Ramirez were solid Thursday night, each giving up just two runs apiece, though neither starter factored in the decision. Smith's two runs came off six hits over six innings of work, while Ramirez's came off eight hits in seven innings of work. Ramirez also struck out six batters compared to Smith's four, but Ramirez also walked four hitters. Matt Erickson continued his solid performance at the plate since his call-up from AAA, going 2-4 and scoring the first run of the game after he doubled and was knocked in by Jolbert Cabrera's single. Later in the inning, Cabrera was thrown out at home by right fielder Ken Griffey, Jr. When he tried to score on a single off the bat of Smith. In the Red's half of the second, David Ross doubled in Edwin Encarnacion to tie it 1-1. Brandon Phillips, then hit his third homerun of the series in the third to give Cincinnati a 2-1 lead. Washington came back to tie it in the sixth, when Chad Mottola singled and reached third on Erickson's second hit of the game, then scored when Erickson stole second and Cincinnati catcher Ross' throw was too high and ended up in center field. Alex Gonzalez then prevented the Nationals from taking the lead on the very next pitch, when he made a fantastic diving catch of a line drive off the bat of Cabrera. Washington would get that run and take the lead in the top of the ninth when George Lombard singled and stole second, his second stolen base of the day and his major league leading 20th of the season. Lombard then scored on a single by Andy Tracy to put Washington up 3-2. Lee Gardner then came on to preserve the one run lead and pitched a perfect ninth to record his 15th save of the season. When asked about his teams recent success, Nationals manager Manny Acta said, "We're just playing solid baseball right now." "Pitching has been strong all year, but I've seen vast improvement in the way our defense as performed lately, Acta commented. "Our biggest strides have definitely come in the batters box though." "We're doing better at being more selective at the plate and waiting for the right pitch to hit." "That plate patience is allowing us to draw more walks and get more guys on base with the opportunity to score," Acta added. The Nationals are now seven games over .500 and will head to St. Louis to start a three game series over the weekend with the Cardinals. Boxscore: WAS 3 - CIN 2 League News Padres trade (LF) Stephen Smitherman and (SS) Sean Kazmar to Diamondbacks for (SP) Dallas Buck and (CF) Steve Garrabrants Cubs trade (CF) Chris Walker, © Koyie Hill and (1B) Phil Nevin to Giants for (3B) Justin Leone, (SS) Ivan Ochoa and (SP) Nick Pereira. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 May 27th Game 50: Nationals (28-21) at Cardinals (29-17) Nationals Chip Away At Early Cardinal Lead For Victory Left: Augie Ojeda gets the throw off to first despite a hard slide into second by Albert Pujols. Right: Scott Rolen makes a diving stop then throws a strike to first from his knees. St. Louis lead early, scoring four runs off Nationals starter, Masumi Kuwata in his five innings of work. But a combined five runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings allowed Washington chip away at that early lead to pick up their fourth straight victory. The Cardinals first run came in the third when John Rodriguez double scored Adam Kennedy. David Eckstein then knocked in Mark Mulder with a ground ball to second baseman, Jolbert Cabrera. Albert Pujols then hit the first of his three base hits on the day to knock in Rodriguez and give St. Louis a 3-0 lead. The Cardinals tacked on another run in the fourth when Adam Kennedy hit into a double play with the bases loaded to score Scott Rolen. The Nationals started their scoring in the fifth when Cabrera hit a bases loaded RBI single to score Augie Ojeda. With the bases still loaded, Chris Coste then hit a sacrifice fly to score Kuwata. Chad Mottola then grounded out to end the inning with Washington trailing 4-2. Joe Dillon's RBI single in the sixth shortened the Cardinals lead to 4-3, before Washington was able to tie it in the seventh when George Lombard scored on Cabrera's second RBI single and third hit of the day. Coste then followed that with an RBI single of his own to score Cabrera. Bryan Corey and Lee Gardner then pitched scoreless eighth and ninth innings to close out the win. Micah Bowie, who was on the mound when the Nationals took the lead in the seventh picked up his fourth win of the year. Mulder was charged with his fifth loss of the season, giving up five runs off 12 hits in seven innings of work. Game two of the three game set is tomorrow, when Chris Michalak (5-2) is scheduled to make the start for Washington, while Braden Looper (4-1) will be on the hill for St. Louis. Boxscore: WAS 5 - STL 4 League News Twins trade (SS) Gil Velazquez, (RF) Josh Rabe and (SS) Tommy Watkins to Rockies for (1B) Jason Hart, (2B) Frank Menechino and (SP) Chaz Roe. Rangers trade © Guillermo Quiroz to Twins for (RP) Mike Venafro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 May 28th Game 51: Nationals (29-21) at Cardinals (29-18) Duncan Goes Deep In 12th To Beat Nationals Left: Albert Pujols catches Eli Marrero's throw from second just in time to beat Doug Clark to the bag. Right: Preston Wilson congratulates Chris Duncan after his game-winning homerun. Chris Duncan hit a walk-off homerun in the 12th inning off Washington reliever, Chad Paronto to break a 1-1 tie and defeat the Nationals Saturday night. Both teams starting pitchers were solid, with the Nationals Chris Michalak giving up seven hits and striking out four over seven shut out innings. St. Louis starter Braden Looper was even better, giving up just two hits and striking out six over his six shout innings of work. Looper left after just one pitch in the seventh, when he strained his right rip cage and will miss at least 10 games. Chris Narveson relieved Looper and pitched a perfect seventh thanks in part to an outstanding diving catch by David Eckstein, robbing Doug Clark of a two-out base hit. Brad Thompson came on in the eighth for the Cardinals and gave up the first run of the game when Jim Edmonds couldn't get to a liner off the bat of George Lombard. Washington failed to score again, but they might have added more had Preston Wilson not robbed Jolbert Cabrera of a base hit with a nice sliding catch in right field earlier in the inning. Wilson then led off the bottom of the eighth with a solo shot to left field off Bryan Corey to tie it 1-1. All was quit for the next three and half innings before Duncan's game-winning blast in the bottom of the 12th off Chad Paronto gave the Cardinals the 2-1 victory. After the game, Nationals manager Manny Acta was asked whether or not he second guessed himself when he let Paronta come out in the 12th for his third inning of work. "Absolutely not," Acta said. "Chad has thrown more innings than that in a game before and he handled the first two innings easily, and before Duncan's homer he hadn't even given up a hit." "I mean hindsight is always 20/20, but no, I don't think I would have handled it differently than I did." The Nationals and Cardinals will wrap up their weekend series Sunday afternoon when Marty McLeary (4-3) will toe the rubber for Washington, while St. Louis will send Adam Wainwright (4-1) to the hill. Boxscore: WAS 1 - STL 2 League News Orioles sign (RF) Jose Costanza for 3 years at 200K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 May 29th Game 52: Nationals (29-22) at Cardinals (30-18) Cardinals Come Out On Top In 12 Inning Back and Forth Left: Adam Wainwright was unhittable his first six plus innings. Right: Albert Pujols tied it with a homerun in the eighth and won it with an RBI double in the 12th. A combined 24 strikeouts, five Cardinal home runs, a busted up no-hitter and 12 total innings best describe Sunday's game that the St Louis Cardinals came away victorious over the Washington Nationals in extra innings for the second straight game. St. Louis was the first team to get on the board when Scott Rolen homered in the fourth. John Rodriguez's fifth inning homerun off the scoreboard in right field then gave the Redbirds a 2-0 lead. The two runs came off Nationals starter, Marty McLeary who struck out seven over six innings of work. St. Louis starter, Adam Wainwright, who mowed through the Nationals lineup with nine strikeouts over seven innings had his no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the seventh, when Danny Ardoin singled up the middle. Andy Abad then walked and Joe Dillon singled to left, before Augie Ojeda rapped a base hit up the middle to score Ardoin and Abad to tie the game at 2-2. Luis Figueroa then put Washington ahead for the first time when he also singled up the middle to score Dillon. Wainwright was then able to get pinch hitter, Chris Coste to fly out to end the inning. In the bottom of the eighth, Albert Pujols tied the game at 3-3 with his 11th homerun of the season coming off Bryan Corey. Then in the top of the ninth, Figueroa came through again for the Nationals as his RBI single off Cardinals closer, Jason Isringhausen gave Washington a 4-3 lead. The Nationals failed to score any more that half-inning as Chad Mottola, pinch-hitting for Corey stuck out with runners on second and third. That missed opportunity proved to be huge as Chris Duncan, who hit the game-winning homerun Saturday night, struck again with another shot to deep right off Nationals closer, Lee Gardner to tie the game 4-4 in the ninth. In the bottom of the 10th, St. Louis got the winning run on second when Rodriguez singled and advanced to second on David Eckstein's sacrifice, but a great feet first slide at second by Figueroa stopped a hard liner off the bat of Pujols to prevent the Cardinals from scoring. The Nationals then had a similar rally in the top of the 11th, when Josh Kinney walked the bases loaded with two outs, before George Lombard hit a hard ground ball down the first base line that Pujols was able to snare and then step on first to end the inning. In the 12th the Nationals took at 5-4 lead when Ardoin and Abad hit back to back doubles off Chris Narveson. Washington scored another run when Dillon knocked in Abad with his second hit of the game. With a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the 12th, the Nationals sent Chad Paronto, who served up Duncan's walk-off shot the previous night, to close out the win. Things got off to a rocky start as Paronto gave up a lead-off single to Cardinals catcher, Yadier Molina. Things got even worse when Juan Encarnacion then tied it with a two run homer to deep left field. Paronto then struck out Eli Marrero, but Rodriguez followed that with his third hit of the day, a single to center. Pujols then came to the plate and delivered the game-winning hit with an RBI double to score Rodriguez and give the Cardinals the 7-6 victory. After the game, Nationals manager Manny Acta spoke about the extra inning loss. "Obviously we're all disappointed in the outcome of today's game, but I saw a lot of things to build on and with each game, win or lose we're learning," Acta said. "It's a tough loss, but we'll get stronger from it and we'll learn from our mistakes." When asked about the end of the Nationals 17 consecutive games played streak that started back on May 13th, Acta commented, "We started this thing with a last inning win (Scott McClain's homer in the bottom of the ninth against the Marlins.) and unfortunately we're ending it with a last inning loss." We're going to fly back home to Washington tonight, take the day off tomorrow and come back Tuesday and see if we can get another winning streak started," Acta added. The Nationals will welcome the Los Angles Dodgers to Washington to begin a three game series Tuesday at RFK stadium. Boxscore: WAS 6 - STL 7 League News Padres trade (RP)Johnathan Ellis to Twins for (RP) Frank Mata. Mariners trade (1B) Rodney Choy Foo, (3B) Brant Ust and (RP) Aaron Trolia to Cubs for (2B) Ismael Salas, (RP) Billy Petrick and © Octavio Hernandez. Tigers, Chris Shelton (1B) out 7 days with minor PCL sprain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Week 8 Standings and Stats Player of the Week George Lombard .417 AVG, 4 R, 2 RBI, 6 SB, 4 BB for the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Stickin' close to the Braves. Maybe this week you'll catch 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 May 31st Game 53: Dodgers (23-27) at Nationals (29-23) Nationals Walk Their Way To Victory Left: Jason Schmidt struck out seven, but walked six in just 3 1/3 innings. Right: Nomar Garciapara makes a diving catch on a line drive from Chris Heintz. Los Angeles out-hit the Nationals 14-6, but Washington capitalized on their six hits and six walks to defeat the Dodgers 5-2 Tuesday night. Jason Schmidt, starting for L.A., only lasted 3 1/3 innings, giving up all of the Nationals five runs off five hits and six walks. He did manage to strikeout seven Washington hitters as they were very selective and purposely forced Schmidt to go deep into the count as he struggled with his control. Washington jumped on Schmidt early when Andy Tracy gave the Nationals a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first when he homered into the Nationals bullpen in right field. The Nationals added three more runs in the fourth when Danny Ardoin led off the inning with a solo homerun. Washington's next two runs came off back to back bases loaded walks by Doug Clark and Chris Coste on four pitches a piece. Mark Hendrickson then relieved Schmidt to get the Los Angeles out of the inning without any further damage. "We had a plan coming in today and that was to be selective and let the opposing teams pitchers throw at least one strike before anyone was allowed to take a cut," Nationals manager Manny Acta remarked after the game. "We might strikeout a lot more, but I'd rather do that and knock in more runs, than get 15 hits in a game and only score a couple of runs, which is what we've done for most of the season," Acta added. Washington's starting pitcher Stephen Randolph took advantage of the Dodgers anxious bats to pick up his third victory of the year, giving up two runs off eight hits and striking out three over six innings or work. Jeff Kent and Nomar Garciaparra each had three hits apiece for the Dodgers and scored the teams lone two runs. Both of those runs coming in the sixth off Andre Ethier's RBI ground out and Russell Martin's RBI single. Washington is now a season high seven games over .500 and one game behind the NL east leading Braves. Game two of the three game set between the Dodgers and Nationals will be tomorrow as Derek Lowe (5-3) will be on the hill for L.A. and Washington will send Travis Smith (6-2) to the mound. Before Tuesday nights game, Washington made a few organizational moves. The first was signing utility man Howie Clark to a minor league contract for 2 years at 400K. Next, the Nationals traded AA catcher, Brandon Harper to the Toronto Blue Jays for first baseman, Kevin Barker. Washington also optioned first baseman and backup catcher, Carlos Mendez to AAA Columbus and replaced him on the roster with catcher Chris Heintz. Before his call-up, Heintz was leading the Clippers in hitting with a .339 average and two homeruns with eight RBI. Boxscore: LAD 2 - WAS 5 League News Padres trade © J.C. Boscan and (1B) Kyle Blanks to Athletics for (LF) Chad Boyd and (RP) Scott Drucker. Rockies sign (SP) Travis Chick for 2 years at 900K. Red Sox sign (LF) Prentice Redmond for 3 years at 200K. Blue Jays, Gustavo Chacin (SP) out 120 days with torn knee MCL. Brewers, Prince Fielder (1B) out 72 days with torn knee MCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsox Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 This dynasty is looking really sweet and the screenshots that you take are really amazing. Can't believe I didn't watch this dynasty closely - rest assured, I will from now on. Take care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 This dynasty is looking really sweet and the screenshots that you take are really amazing. Can't believe I didn't watch this dynasty closely - rest assured, I will from now on. Take care. Thanks a lot redsox. I take pride in my screen shots and am always looking to up the presentation of this team I've really grown to love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeRudi26 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 This dynasty is looking really sweet and the screenshots that you take are really amazing. Can't believe I didn't watch this dynasty closely - rest assured, I will from now on. Take care. I agree with this post Iz. I don't post much either, but I have been following. Your presentation is clean and organized, and your selection of pics are always perfect. Not to mention, this is a team that 'grows' on you. Take it to the end, Iz, this one could be fun. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 I agree with this post Iz. I don't post much either, but I have been following. Your presentation is clean and organized, and your selection of pics are always perfect. Not to mention, this is a team that 'grows' on you. Take it to the end, Iz, this one could be fun. Echo on that one. I find myself rooting for them a lot. I mean how can't you root for them? They're the epitome of an underdog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stEdfuNk Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 make sure to save your backup your dynasty save every now and then, would hate to see this one fall victim to the "corrupted dynasty file" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Appreciate all the encouragement guys. Don't you just love an underdog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lz477 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Standings and League Leaders for May American League Leaders Hitting Stats Batting Average Frank Thomas, TOR - .364 Jose Lopez, SEA - .359 Kenny Lofton, TEX - .354 Jason Giambi, NYY - .353 Frank Catalanotto, TEX - .353 Home Runs Wily Mo Pena, BOS - 21 Jason Giambi, NYY - 19 Mark Teixeira, TEX - 15 Justin Morneau, MIN - 14 7 tied with 12 RBI Justin Morneau, MIN - 49 Wily Mo Pena, BOS - 46 Vladimir Guerrero, LAA - 44 Manny Ramirez, BOS - 44 Jason Giambi, NYY - 44 Stolen Bases Ichiro Suzuki, SEA - 16 Carl Crawford, TB - 13 Kenny Lofton, TEX - 12 Brian Roberts, BAL - 9 Grady Sizemore, CLE - 9 Bobby Abreu, NYY - 9 Pitching Stats Wins Cliff Lee, CLE - 7 Johan Santana, MIN - 7 Carlos Silva, MIN - 7 Chin Mien-Wang, NYY - 7 6 tied with 6. Strikeouts Johan Santana, MIN - 73 John Garland, CWS - 64 Jake Westbrook, CLE - 61 Erik Bedard, BAL - 61 C.C. Sabathia, CLE - 60 Kenny Rogers, DET - 60 Saves Octavio Dotel, KC -16 J.J Putz, SEA - 14 Francisco Rodriguez, LAA - 14 Fernando Cabrera, CLE - 12 Joe Nathan, MIN - 12 National League Leaders Hitting Stats Batting Average Todd Helton, COL - .389 Garrett Atkins, COL - .357 Carlos Delgado, NYM - 355 Chipper Jones, ATL - .354 Barry Bonds, SF - .341 Home Runs Alfonso Soriano, CHC - 14 Ray Durham, SF - 13 Lance Berkman, HOU - 13 Adam LaRoche, PIT - 13 Carlos Delgado , NYM - 13 RBI Moises Alou, NYM - 43 Ryan Howard, PHI - 42 Adam LaRoche, PIT - 40 Carlos Delgado, NYM - 40 Scott Rolen, STL - 39 Carlos Lee, HOU - 39 Stolen Bases George Lombard, WAS - 23 Juan Pierre, LAD - 18 Jimmy Rollins, PHI - 17 Chris Duffy, PIT - 16 Rafael Furcal, ATL - 15 Pitching Stats Wins Chris Carpenter, STL - 8 Jason Jennings, HOU - 7 David Wells, SD - 7 11 tied with 6. Strikeouts Chris Carpenter, STL - 69 Roy Oswalt, HOU - 69 Pedro Martinez, NYM - 68 Jake Peavy, SD - 64 Tim Hudson, ATL - 61 Freddy Garcia, PHI - 61 Saves Lee Gardner, WAS - 17 Luis Ayala, ATL - 15 Trevor Hoffman, SD - 15 Jason Isringhausen, STL - 14 Tom Gordon, PHI - 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philliesphan18 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hold it! Minnesota is totally running away with the Central! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsReyes777 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 loving this dynasty lz477, like redsox said before i never posted but have been following, but i will start to post now...this is a really clever idea i really like this dynasty but i have a question...how do you get our standings in the MLB to look like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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