2019 WS - Nationals vs. Astros - Gamethread

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I was 8. Sitting in the back seat of a friend's car parked in front of the synagogue in Brooklyn, and we were pleading with his mother to let us listen to the bottom of the 10th, even though we were already a few minutes late for Hebrew school. I think I can still hear Lindsey Nelson's call.
I was 11, and I did see this one live on TV. Although there were other parts of the playoffs (not sure if the LCS or World Series) that I remember listening to on the car radio while my mother was shopping in downtown Poughkeepsie - Nolan Ryan getting called in from the bullpen is my one distinct memory of this.
 

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I was 11, and I did see this one live on TV. Although there were other parts of the playoffs (not sure if the LCS or World Series) that I remember listening to on the car radio while my mother was shopping in downtown Poughkeepsie - Nolan Ryan getting called in from the bullpen is my one distinct memory of this.
(Maybe Nelson wasn't on radio.......)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpxkTbNbG-w
 

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Thanks for the trip in the wayback machine. Yeah, that was back in the day when they used to have one of the home team announcers join the NBC guys in the booth for the World Series (which later resulted in Stockton's famous call on the Fisk HR). Great to hear both Lindsey Nelson and Curt Gowdy on this clip - I spent a lot of my youth listening to those guys.

The Mets had a great announcing team back then - Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy and Ralph Kiner (Kiner's Kormer!) - and it was fun how they would rotate between the TV and radio booths.
 

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The wrong side of the bridge....
I'll amend the old adage "the law is an ass" to "the rule is an ass." As least as written. While it is not unreasonable for a batter from the LH batter box to be able to stay to the foul side of the baseline, such an expectation is unreasonable for a batter coming from the RH batter's box. I don't think I've EVER seen a RH batter veer right to run entirely on the foul side of the line.
I believe the fact that the box doesn't start till halfway up the line is supposed to account for the fact that it takes a RHH runner a while to get to the foul side of the baseline.
 

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Scherzer and Suzuki both in the lineup as of now, Ken Rosenthal says.
Will be interesting to see if he's good to start (seems like a high probably something could have inflamed overnight), whether he can perform at a high level if he does pitch, and whether he's able to go without reaggravating anything. If something happens early, I assume the Nats will go to Sanchez first? Corbin wasn't impressive on Saturday, and a lefty obviously isn't a great match-up versus the Astros lineup.
 

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Agree with the rest but this is not true.

Umm, that's his left foot, not his right foot. And with his glove on his left hand, a first baseman would typically have his opposite foot - his right foot - on the bag to make the stretch for the throw. He was not reaching toward the ball, but instead was holding his glove over the bag. Certainly an unconventional way to play 1B.
 

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5 years ago, I would not have predicted that Suzuki, Kendrick and Assdrible (h/t Tim McCarver) would be starting game 7 of the WS.
 

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Suzuki scratched, Gomes in again. That’s not great for Scherzer, who has much better numbers with Suzuki.
 

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Suzuki got hurt over the weekend and hasn't played the last few games, the guy who would replace him is Raudy Read and his 22 career ABs, but we don't know that Suzuki couldn't go if Gomes got hurt midgame.
 

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Suzuki scratched, Gomes in again. That’s not great for Scherzer, who has much better numbers with Suzuki.
I think that’s probably a coincidence. Suzuki was injured during the period when Scherzer was coming back from injury and not pitching like he is capable of doing. Maybe it was being caught by Gomes that was the problem, but Occam says otherwise.
 

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I think that’s probably a coincidence. Suzuki was injured during the period when Scherzer was coming back from injury and not pitching like he is capable of doing. Maybe it was being caught by Gomes that was the problem, but Occam says otherwise.
Does Occam have an answer for why WAS was hoping to get a clearly injured Suzuki back into the lineup tonight? I do, Scherzer works decdedly better with Suzuki which is why Suzuki has started all four of Scherzer's previous starts this postseason.
 

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Gomes started Scherzer's final 4 games in the regular season, 4.94 ERA in 24 innings. As I said above, Suzuki has started all four of his postseason starts before tonight, 2.16 ERA in 25 innings.
 

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Overall, the Nats pitching staff has been better with Gomes behind the plate, and that fits his reputation as a good catcher. Maybe Scherzer is more in tune with Suzuki, or maybe he wasn't as sharp in September for any number of reasons. He's had two great starts this postseason with Suzuki behind the plate and two that were mediocre. These small sample sizes make it pointless to overanalyze.
 

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Suzuki got hurt over the weekend and hasn't played the last few games, the guy who would replace him is Raudy Read and his 22 career ABs, but we don't know that Suzuki couldn't go if Gomes got hurt midgame.
Your scenario doesn't seem likely to me. If he were well enough to do that, then I would think they'd start him to catch Scherzer and replace him if he couldn't make it with Gomes.
 

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Your scenario doesn't seem likely to me. If he were well enough to do that, then I would think they'd start him to catch Scherzer and replace him if he couldn't make it with Gomes.
OK, well, this is one we'll know the answer to, because if he can't go at all, they would replace him on the roster before the game,
 

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For the Astros tonight:

12 outs from Greinke
9 outs from Cole
6 outs from Osuna/Harris/Smith

Is that about right?
I would guess:

12 from Greinke
6 from Urquidy
6 from Cole/Smith/maybe Harris
3 from Osuna (maybe up to 6 if needed)
 

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I would guess:

12 from Greinke
6 from Urquidy
6 from Cole/Smith/maybe Harris
3 from Osuna (maybe up to 6 if needed)
Urquidy's definitely a wild card in this. Case can be made that it was his start that kept the Astros alive. Can he stone the Nats' bats twice in a week, though?
 

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Urquidy's definitely a wild card in this. Case can be made that it was his start that kept the Astros alive. Can he stone the Nats' bats twice in a week, though?
I could see Hinch trying to get an inning or two out of him, nothing more than that.

I'll go with
9 from Greinke
6 from Urquidy/Smith
6 from Cole
3 from Harris
3 from Osuna
 

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Interesting that Scherzer slept in a neck brace. That was the one place I didn't need one, but if it worked, yippee!
The consensus seems to be that Astros pitching is much deeper for tonight. We'll see.
 

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The consensus seems to be that Astros pitching is much deeper for tonight. We'll see.
Who said that? I think it's the opposite, for the first time all series. If Greinke gets hit in the first 3-4 innings, HOU pretty much has to go to the rookie Urquidy, but if Scherzer gets hit early, WAS has Sanchez on full rest and Corbin on 3 days rest.
 

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Who said that? I think it's the opposite, for the first time all series. If Greinke gets hit in the first 3-4 innings, HOU pretty much has to go to the rookie Urquidy, but if Scherzer gets hit early, WAS has Sanchez on full rest and Corbin on 3 days rest.
That's the opinion I heard expressed on mlbn. I was busy cooking so I didn't see which of them said it.