Today's lineup
The Nationals, against John Maine, will go with what's becoming their regular lineup.
Nationals
1. Nyjer Morgan, CF
2. Adam Kennedy, 2B
3. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
4. Adam Dunn, 1B
5. Josh Willingham, LF
6. Ivan Rodriguez, C
7. Roger Bernadina, RF
8. Ian Desmond, SS
9. Luis Atilano, SP
By
Adam Kilgore
|
May 10, 2010; 3:44 PM ET
Save & Share:
Previous: Norris returns, Willingham produces, more on 'luck'
Next: Bog: Shoe Shine Sunday ... and more
Posted by: GoNatsTerps | May 10, 2010 3:54 PM | Report abuse
the only thing I can think of is it makes sure roger sees some good pitches to hit
Posted by: bford1kb | May 10, 2010 3:56 PM | Report abuse
In games started by Jason Marquis, the Nationals were outscored 26-15. Take out the minus-11 from a pitcher operating with a tattered elbow and their overall run differential becomes minus-6.
Add to this the one disaster started by Mock, who will likely never start in the majors again, the Nats break even seeing that they lost his one start 8-2.
Posted by: peteywheatstraw | May 10, 2010 3:59 PM | Report abuse
"Regular lineup:" what a beautiful phrase!
Posted by: lowcountry | May 10, 2010 4:22 PM | Report abuse
"I wonder why its Desmond AFTER Bernadina...
Posted by: GoNatsTerps | May 10, 2010 3:54 PM | Report abuse "
----------------
It's a lefty - righty thing. They bunch 3 lefties in 4 spots at the top of the order. probably did not want to do it around the bottom going back to the top (8-9-1-2) too. Also, Desmond has hit righties a lot worse than lefties by Batting Average / On Base Percentage / Slugging percentage. Bernie has less pop but gets on base better vs. righties.
Posted by: jca-CrystalCity | May 10, 2010 4:36 PM | Report abuse
It would be nice to see Dunn go on a tear on this road trip. The team needs to start scoring more runs.
With some of the player shuffling going on in the minors, I wouldn't be suprised to see Morse back with the big club before they leave NYC.
Posted by: BinM | May 10, 2010 6:12 PM | Report abuse
The comments to this entry are closed.
I wonder why its Desmond AFTER Bernadina...