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A strong first half of the 2023 season for Mackenzie Gore ended on a somewhat sluggish note, as his left arm struggled in two games. 2⁄3In the game against Philadelphia, he started with 6 hits, 3 walks, and 7 runs in the first inning, and 1 run in the next inning. 1⁄3A rain-shortened inning against Cincinnati robbed them of a chance to bounce back for the break.
With Gore suffering from a left elbow injury in 2022, Washington manager Davey Martinez wasn’t going to let the 24-year-old southpaw return to the mound after an hour and a half delay.
“We talked to him and he was a good guy,” explained the Knotts captain. “I told him, ‘I’m not going to let you out like that.’
Gore also had a blister problem in the starting line-up on 6 July, but he ignored it as he had dealt with it before and threw water in the bullpen to get back to work and Martinez said the club wanted him in the second half. He said he would prepare for
“I just told him to throw a few pitches, so let’s reset for the next start,” the manager said.
Gore’s so-called first pitch of the second half got off to a good start, going 1-2-3 on 12 pitches in the bottom of the first inning at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, but he ran into trouble with Cody in the second. Bellinger walked the game by Yann Gomez (respect, champ!) and scored on a RBI by Christopher Morrell in the half after the Nationals took an early lead to make it 2-1. .
Gore ended up throwing 32 pitches in the long second, but the number of pitches was limited. cubs After catching up to 1 point difference, he came from behind in the bottom of the 3rd inning and let the team down in order in the bottom of the inning with an efficient 10 pitches.
The starting pitcher scored a total of 60 points on 6 pitches, 1-2-3 No. 4, and suffered seven straight losses after two two-out walks.
Gore had up to 10 consecutive setdowns after letting the Cubs down again on 15 pitches in the bottom of the fifth.
When Gore returned to the mound in the sixth inning and Seiya Suzuki’s first-run hit ended the record for consecutive retired hitters, the Nationals had the advantage, 5–1.
Ian Happ homered a slider in the 1-0 zone into left field in the next at-bat for the 5-3 Nuts.
Ultimately, with 18 pitches, Gore finished the 6th inning for a total of 93. He returned to the mound in the 7th, but allowed Trey Mancini to get the lead and a one-out double. Patrick Wisdom raised a one-two heater and hit a 398-foot shot over the middle to left field. 7-5 Nationals.
Mackenzie Gore quotes: 6.1 IP, 6H, 5R, 5ER, 2BB, 6K, 2HR, 106P, 71S, 4/7GO/FO.
“I wanted him to throw about 105 to 110 pitches,” Martinez said after the Nationals won 7-5 in the series opener.
“[Gore] I threw the ball well. And I still think so — he still had some left in the tank when I took him out. ”
“But he pitched really well. We got hitters behind us in the first inning, but we got out of there. And he came back and gave us what we needed.” ”
Key moments:
• Hours after he was named National League Player of the Week (It honored the Nationals’ leadoffman for a brief week of three consecutive games with 6-for-13 (.462 batting average), a double, a triple, two stolen bases, and seven runs scored.), 22-year-old CJ Abrams was hit by a pitch by Cubs lefty Drew Smiley in the first at-bat of the series opener at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Abrams stole second base on the next AB, and Jaimer Candelario hit a two-run homer to left. He hit a 359-foot shot with a sinker on his first pitch and landed over an ivy-covered brick wall. Can be placed in a basket of angled chain links. Candelario is the 14th time (returning to the battle line from a bruise on his right thumb).
Post-match notes: Davey Martinez said he was happy to see Candelario come home with a home run on his first pitch, but less happy to see Candelario get hit by a pitch later in the game.
“Oh, that was a very good sign. I’m glad he did it. And then suddenly he got hit on the hand. Oh, here we come again. See? He’s an important part of our batting lineup and it was great to see him there and hit a big home run for us today.”
• Keibert Lewis had two walks in 120 at-bats in 29 games from May 30 to July 14, but his 4th walk at Wrigley Field tonight was 2 of 4 PA’s in his last two games. In the first round, he advanced to third base with a double to the center. After Stone Garrett struck out, Dom Smith brought it home with a ground ball out to make it 3–1 for the Nationals. Garrett then scored off Smiley on a RBI off Luis Garcia to make it 4–1 in batters alone.
• Stone Garrett “doubled” on a fly to right field and Cody Bellinger lost the game. flickering duskIn the top of the sixth, he scored on a sack fly by Luis Garcia for the 5-1 Nationals.
• Jaymar Candelario (2-for-3) singled reliever Daniel Palencia with one out in the seventh inning, then Keibert Ruiz hit a 400-foot meet-one-two slider to right field for his 11th homer of the season. , scored one out. The Nationals lead 7-3.
Post-match notes: Martinez, who Lewis picks it up at bat…what works when he’s good?
“Get back on your feet, get ready on time, hit the strikes. He has to be focused and when he does, he hits the ball hard.”
Bullpen action:
Mason Thompson took two and three outs in the seventh, then came back in the eighth to score two more, but allowed two singles before Davey Martinez headed into the bullpen and Kyle Finnegan hit with a bang. I hit number 3. Mike Touchman hit a liner to center, and the Nationals are still 7-5.
Finnegan gave the Cubs the lead in the ninth inning, but then pulled out the next three batters to get the save. Final Score: 7-5 Nationals.
Hunter Harvey placed in IL [see below]Martinez knows he can’t rely on Thompson and Finnegan night after night, so he’ll need other relief pitchers to step up.
“It’s impossible for just the two of us to do this every day,” Martinez admitted after the game.
“We have to use other players within the pen and they have to be ready.”
What are his other options now?
“[Amos] Willingham will have to pitch in the tail end of the bullpen,” he said.
“[Jordan] Weems was down today. He will have to – hopefully he’ll be fine tomorrow.and two lefties [Jose A. Ferrer and Joe La Sorsa] I had to come out and play against lefties and switch hitters. They’re all going to have to get out there ready and we’re going to have to see what we have in store and honestly I’m looking forward to that a little bit. ing. I’d love to see what Willingham can do in a high leverage situation. [And the same] and [Jose A. Ferrer]. Ferrer has to get a left-hander for us, so I’d love to see him do that too.Finnegan, Thompson, and even [Hunter] Harvey, what have they been up to? We drive them in, but we also need to take care of them. Other players had to throw. ”
Back page – “good news” about Hunter Harvey:
Hunter Harvey, 28, underwent Tommy John surgery in 2016, and in 2021 the hard-throwing reliever suffered a strain in his obliques and lats, so of course the Nationals will be in trouble against the Cardinals. Concerned that he experienced a drop in ball speed. Since it was the weekend, the club brought him back to DC for an MRI on his right elbow.
“I was very concerned about his medical history and how he was feeling in particular,” sixth-year captain Davey Martinez told reporters before the series opener against the Cubs at Wrigley Field last night. This was considered a best-case scenario and was relatively good news for the reliever.
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“I got my MRI back from Hunter Harvey,” Martinez said. “…and a minor contusion in his right elbow. Best-case scenario for us. We’re going to put him in isolation for 10 days and then we’re going to start pitching again. But I’d like to calm him down a bit and get stronger and bring him back ASAP. I think.”
“But this was a great result,” added the director at another point.
“They said everything was great.
In a breakthrough season for Harvey, he posted a 3.12 ERA, 3.63 FIP, 12 walks (2.68/9 BB), 45Ks (10.04K/9) and .196/.258/. 336 lines were recorded. game and 40 1⁄3 Earned 9 saves in 14 chances as closer for IP, DC
CJ pot section:
As noted above, CJ Abrams played a six-game streak for the 22-year-old shortstop and was promoted to the top of the Nationals’ batting lineup on Monday after CJ Abrams made the National League debut on Monday. was named player of the week.
In six games since manager Davey Martinez left for the final game of the first half, Abrams has gone 12 for 25 (.480/.500/.720), doubled, tripled, homered, walked 1, kicked 2, and last night. 5 stolen bases for the opening game of the series with the Cubs.
“He’s been great,” Martinez said earlier this week of Abrams’ play since moving to leadoff and the running game he’s opened up in recent days. “For him to do it,” added the captain. He’s pitching and he’s aggressive with the balls he can hit, but all he’s really trying to do is get to base and he’s been doing a great job so far. ”
Abrams has also multi-hited in five of his last six games, hit in all six, and streaked 13 consecutive stolen bases without getting caught, all the way back to May 3.
“It’s great,” Martinez said of Abrams’ win before last night’s game.
“This is a great achievement for a young kid,” he added. “And I’m proud of him. I think he’s just going out and just trying to have fun.”
Abrams doubled via HBP in the first inning last night, extending his streak of stolen bases to 14.
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