Gray vs Miami:
Josiah Gray had a poor start, throwing 92 pitches in five innings against Arizona at Chase Field two turns earlier, but the Nationals’ 25-year-old starter pitched 93 pitches in seven innings. I got back on my feet. Against San Francisco at Oracle Park.
“Efficiency was key to getting him to where he is,” manager Davey Martinez said after the 11-6 win over the Giants.
“He kept it to a minimum” [93] pitch or something like that. he did really well I’m proud of him,” added the Washington manager.
“He went out there, walked a few guys and then quickly got back into the zone and still kept us in the ball game.”
“I think it’s a goal for all of us to finish sixth or better,” said Gray after his longest start to the year so far. “And to be seventh is kind of a dream.
“For me, avoiding a few bases, avoiding a few hits, getting to the seventh, and feeling like I had a decent, solid game is always a plus.”
Looking to improve in this game, Gray took the mound last night in Miami and hit a two-out double in the first 10 pitches before being pinched with one out in the second half of the Marlins’ second half.
Gene Segura and Peyton Burdick hit first-pitch sliders on back-to-back singles, and a four-ball walk to Nick Fortes hit the bases loaded in front of Joey Wendle, but then the batter grounded out in a slightly pear-shaped development. became. First, Dom Smith got a force at second base, but a high throw from C.J. became. The play scored two runs, and after an hour and a half, it was 2-0 fish.
For the Marlins, Wendle singled to start No. 5, then Garrett Cooper walked to base, but Luis Araez grounded to first base and was ejected to second base. Stuck at third base.
2 K on 13 pitches, and in 6 innings of 1-2-3, Gray scored a total of 3 K on 83 pitches overall, and was robbed of an inning in the 7th, but Fortes hit a leadoff single. It became second base with one death. Garrett Hampson’s base hit prompted pitching coach Jim Hickey to be called in for a chat.
Gray hit Garrett Cooper to put the second out, then intentionally walked Luis Araez to force Jorge Soler to hit the third, then out to shortstop…
Josiah Gray quotes: 7.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 Ks, 104 P, 70 S, 9/3 GO/FO.
“It’s definitely been a struggle to get through,” said Gray. Quoted by MASN’s Bobby Blanco, he received no decision after a walk-off loss to Fish, 5–4. “I know we didn’t have the best tonight. I was able to.
“But we didn’t have the best tonight, so it’s a positive night to get through seven games.”
“He wants to throw deep into the game and we’ll see that tonight,” Martinez said after the loss. “We got him out there and out of some traffic jams. He was good.”
Key moments:
• Luis Garcia wasn’t daunted by dancing second base umpire Jordan Baker, but he had to avoid the second baseman chasing the ball, and a two-out grounder sent Marlins catcher Nick Fortes back to center. He pitched Josiah Gray’s 12-pitch 4th No. 3 to help his pitcher out of the relatively early inning.
• Jesús Luzaldo kept a clean sheet in the fifth inning against the Nationals, but in the top of the sixth, Lane Thomas opened the scoring with a 95.7 mph 0-1 fastball with a high outside angle and a reverse side homer, and Thomas went out hard to right field. 2-1 MIA. 364 foot shot.
• Luis Garcia singled off Marlins relief pitcher Huascar Brazovan and pitched Joey Meneses 3-for-2, stealing two, and throwing a triple.and spiritual) After an error by Miami catcher Nick Fortes, Jaymar Candelario hit an RBI single to Wright to make it 2-2. Alex Cole walks from second down to get in front of Dom Smith, who then hits a 1-1 fastball to center from lefty Stephen Ockert for a 2-run single to make it 4-2. rice field.
“It was a great at-bat, a great at-bat,” Nats captain Davey Martinez told MASN after the game of the late rally.
“They were all hitting really good at bats. They weren’t trying to do too much.
“They tried to stay in the middle of the field and both put good trees on the baseball and hit us big. Clutch.”
Bullpen action:
Kyle Finnegan entered the eighth inning with a two-run lead, allowing back-to-back singles to Brian Delacruz and Jean Segura, but was out after throwing three straight sinkers to Peyton Burdick (after a pitching time violation). bottom. He then dialed up an inning-ending 5-4-3 DP at number one and hit the ball off Nick Fortes’ bat to third base. The Nationals are still 4-2.
In the ninth inning, Hunter Harvey got a chance to save and finished off the first two batters. reversed.
Jorge Soler stepped in next and got up 3-1 (About what should have been Strike Two), played the full game and won with a goodbye home run to the left. laser. Dunn, 5-4 Marlins.
Davey Martinez was asked after the game about switching things up and going into what he considers to be the best matches in the eighth and ninth innings.
“We used [Harvey] before,” he explained. “I mean, he was the right guy because he liked playing against Finnegan in the previous inning. It just didn’t happen tonight.”
Jesus Luzaldo. Do you remember him?:
Nationals GM Mike Rizzo and club scouts liked the way Jesus Luzaldo pitched at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida ahead of the 2016 draft and selected him 94th overall in the third round. ,Made a contract. It sold for $1.4 million, even though the left-handed man recently underwent Tommy John surgery.
“He was a highly regarded left-handed starting pitcher before he took office.” [underwent] Tommy John surgery,” Lizzo explained.
“He was scouted very carefully. done by . [James] Andrews, we believe it worked.
“Our area scout has a great relationship with his family, so we know what type of worker he is.
“We hope that by taking him along the Tommy John Protocol, he can reach the heights he was reaching before surgery.”
Over a year later, Rizzo traded Luzard to Oakland along with infielder Sheldon Noyce and reliever Blake Treinen, bringing Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson to D.C.
Luzaldo made his major league debut with the Athletics in 2019 and was traded to Miami in 2021 for Sterling Marte.
Against his former team, Luzaldo pitched five scoreless innings on 79 starts, striking out seven of 18 batters, and the Marlins opened the series in a three-game set at Lawn Depot Park. Leading 2–0, he allowed a first-run home run in the sixth, but was thrown to 93 pitches before ending the inning with a 2–1 lead.
Back Page – Teaching Moments:
CJ Abrams finished a four-game set for the Nuts in this match. Mets 6 for 16 at bats (.375/.375/.813) with 1 double and 2 homers (.Matches HR total for last 35 games), and his manager spoke of the shortstop switching on with the bat in his hand.
After Abrams went 2-for-4 in the final game of the series and hit the second of those two homers, Martinez told reporters, “I’ve been working really hard with him to get the baseball going and getting ready early.” I made an effort,” he said.
“And all weekend he’s been really focused on hitting the top half of the ball and still being able to drive the ball and get it in the air, which is great.” He’s playing in and it’s great to see him catch the ball up high like that.”
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But there were moments during the game when Abrams didn’t do it right.
There is a runner in the 4th inning of the Mets with 1 out and 1st base. Abrams received a throw to second base from Luis Garcia on a potential double play ground ball, but he held the ball and began trotting to the dugout before realizing his mistake.
There were only two outs. And he didn’t even try to double play. Nats starter Patrick Corbin wasted several pitches before ending the inning without taking any damage. But apparently the Nationals captain didn’t realize the mistake and discussed it with Abrams to ensure it never happened again.
“I told him, ‘You have to pay attention to what’s going on on every pitch.’ We reminded him, just like when I was playing. After all the outs we just put our fingers up and this is actually a reminder to you, not just your teammates.I said, ‘You have to It won’t.'”
“Davie was talking to me about reminding himself of the number of outs by: [fingers] Up,” Abrams admitted, Quoted by Mark Zuckerman of MASN.
“But we are fine.”
“I said, ‘It’s a big moment to do a double here,'” continued Martinez.
“You have to think about Patrick Corbin’s pitch count. But you have to stay focused in the game. And he was good. He accepted that and thought he was responsible. I’m here.
“I hope I never see you again.”
Martinez said he has at least pondered whether it would make sense to bench Abrams for his gaffe, but said he doesn’t think it will be of any real benefit.
“No, because eventually, you can probably say, ‘Hey, let’s sit him down tomorrow. But he’s young,” Martinez explained.
“This is part of the process with them, so think about it. But he was still in the game, so we need him to catch Corbyn’s ball. So that’s the game. You know, I spoke to him right after that happened, and everyone else spoke to him. It just can’t happen. If you miss a double play, you’ll find yourself in a big inning, which is a big problem.
“No damage was done. Patrick came out of the inning. I have.”
Abrams, who hit a home run and a single after a mental mistake, was haunted by his on-field mistakes and didn’t affect his at-bat.
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“I didn’t think about it at all,” Abrams said. “Go out there and do your thing.”
“It hasn’t affected him,” Martinez said. “If I didn’t talk to him about it, or if I spoke to him in a different tone, I think it might affect him. I know you tried to explain what needs to happen when it happens to you”, and what you can do to prevent it from happening again, and he told me if I said “you I’m going to sit down.” Go take a shower,’ huh? He never had to talk to him about baserunning. He circled and touched first base. We had such conversations.
“And he knows there’s a limit to what I can put up with. They all do. And if it keeps happening, it’s going to be a problem for them.”
Martinez also said he didn’t address the issue immediately, but waited a while before telling Abrams that it should never happen again.
“I let him walk and then let him talk about it and figure it out,” said the sixth-grade captain.
“And when he was actually two hitters away from hitting, I needed to get the message across and make it clear, so I said to him, ‘Hey, go over there and try to hit a double. ‘ And he said, ‘Okay.’ ”