Game Thread: 7/30/16 Nationals @ Giants: Pence's Return

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And the starting debut of Eduardo Nunez. We were all wrong about our lineup brainstorming. So terribly wrong:

Nunez-6
Pagan-7
Gillaspie-5
Posey-2
Pence-9
Belt-3
Panik-4
Blanco-8
Peavy-1

Giants get to go against Reynaldo Lopez, who will be making his second career start..... ughhhhhhh

First pitch 1:05 PT

 

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Game is also on Fox Sports One for all you out-of-market folk

 

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Lopez gave up 10 hits, 6 ER in 4.2 IP in his first start (with 10 K's!), so I except at least 6 shutout innings today.

 

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Nunez, first hits as a Giant. Let's see if Boch unleashes him on the bases.

 

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What do you know, first steal as a Giant.

 

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Damn, nice catch, Revere.

Best situational AB comes from Posey, who's batting with 2 outs. I'm officially in the Posey needs to bat second camp.

Already 0-3 W/RISP

 

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Welcome back, Pence! Swinging out of his shoes! Missed a homer by 5 feet.

 

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Jesus, 0-5 with a BB and it's up to Peavy.

 

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Love this AB by Peavy though, he's trying desperately to draw a walk... AND HE DID!

 

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Sigh. 0-6 with 2 BB

 

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Sigh. 0-6 with 2 BB

The odds are that one day a meaningful at bat with RISP will happen, right? RIGHT?!?

 

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The odds are that one day a meaningful at bat with RISP will happen, right? RIGHT?!?

Runner on second, no outs in the 1st and 2nd. Pence finally reached third base, with 2 outs thanks to the damn pitcher. Just poor situational hitting all around.

 

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That pitch was a ball, Kruk. Get over it.

 

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And then one bad pitch from Peavy, 2-run homer. Literally, that was the first bad pitch.

 

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Annnnnnnd, 0-6 with RISP in two innings, and PV implodes in the 3rd, right on schedule.

It is a terrible burden on the pitchers to have to pitch shutouts just to be able to have a chance with this pathetic offense. But dayum, PV.

:smh:

 

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Top of the lineup. Can we at least get one run here? Or maybe, I don't know, see more than six pitches in the inning?

 

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The Nats' pitcher enters the game with an ERA of 11.57, and of course, will toss a shut out.

Can we just skip tomorrow's game and go into August?

By then, we'll be in 2nd place in the NL West.

Thanks, hitters.

 

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We're dead. D-E-A-D. Not Princess Bride dead, either. (sigh)

 

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We don't score. Again. And then PV comes right back and gives up another run.

This is too painful.

I'm out.

 

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Blanco airmails the cutoff man again, ruining a chance to throw out Zimm (granted, Panik's throw wasn't all that great).