Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats drop 9-1 decision to Yankees; Stone Garrett injured in loss…

Goa in New York:

Last night in New York, with one out in the bottom of the first, Mackenzie Gore hit Aaron Judge with a full-count curve. Yankeesslugger hit 431 feet (111.3 mph) to center at Yankee Stadium to give the home team a 1-0 lead in Game 2 of Game 3 in the Bronx this week.

Harrison Bader singled, stole two, grounded out to third base, and scored on a short throw from CJ Abrams on a play at bat homed by Keibert Lewis, making it 2–0.

Kyle Higashioka’s fly to the right center E: 9, center fielder Lane Thomas and right fielder Stone Garrett concentrated and dropped, and both of them hit Garrett’s grab at the point where they aimed, and took 2 points with 1 out. The bases were loaded with a bases-loaded walk to Oswaldo Perez, even as Gore struggled with instructions. One out later, Judge reappeared, hitting a 94 mph, 1-0 fastball in the middle of a 6-0, this time a grand slam to center 437 feet from the plate at 112.8 mph.

Gore was up to 55 pitches by the time he pitched the second, so he could only throw four innings overall, throwing a total of 80 pitches and holding off the last seven batters he faced, but the Nationals still had a run. Gore’s expedition came to an end at that point, as it remained. We were behind 6-0, but in the end we lost 9-1.

“He’s facing one of the best hitters in the game, one of the best power hitters in the game,” Nats captain Davey Martinez said of the damage the judges did against Gore. “Yes, he just–then came back.” [second inning] and pitched a good inning.he just wanted to take him out [of] I know the situation we are in with him. He was throwing 80 pitches at that point, so we’re going to reset him and run him for his next trip, but he’s competing. So he got a little frustrated, but he came back and he gave us a few more innings and then he pitched well. ”

Stone Garrett Injured:

In the seventh inning, DJ LeMahugh homered off reliever José A. Ferrer into the right field, and Stone Garrett chased the ball against the wall, leaping and holding his left foot before the Yankees made it 7-0. He hit a padded fence, but he hit so hard that his lower leg/ankle (what appeared to be) hurt and his right fielder fell to the ground in obvious pain. He eventually got back on his own (with the help of trainers from both teams) with an air cast on his injured leg, but refused to get on his stretcher, got up with help and jumped into the cart. . he kicked him off the field.

Garrett, who is believed to have suffered a serious ankle injury, was beaten to tears as he banged his fists against Kurt in frustration during most of his time tending to him on the field.

“I don’t want to see anyone hurt,” manager Davey Martinez said after the game. “It just broke my heart when he went down like that.”

“He was grimacing outside. We don’t know anything yet, so we’ll know more when they come back.

“But it’s been tough. He’s one of our clubhouse favorites. I love him so I hope everything goes well.”

Where exactly was the problem?

“I think it’s his lower leg. I think his ankle is fine, but I don’t know. He’s going to have an MRI and an X-ray, but it looked like just his lower leg to me.”

Lizzo’s turn?:

Accompanying the news of Davey Martinez’s multi-year contract extension were reports of ongoing negotiations between GM Mike Rizzo and the Nationals for another new deal to envision for 2019. world series Championship club and current organization reboot.

The Athletic newspaper headlined, “Nationals approaching contract extension with manager Davey Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo,” with Ken Rosenthal and Brittany Guiroli briefed on the details of the negotiations. According to a source, it was reported that Lizzo was “close to a new contract.”

According to Lizzo, it should be. His goal was to spearhead a contract extension for the Knotts captain before negotiating his own contract.

“Leave it alone” Lizzo told 106.7 fans on DC’s Sports Junkies Wednesday morning.

“I am Davey’s boss,” he continued, “…my job was to take care of Davey and take care of the players in the clubhouse and I did my job. It was important to me to get ownership approved on this multi-year deal, because it was important to me to have Davey established as the guy in that clubhouse to see this rebuild completed. , it was a success, and well done, Mike, thank you.”

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Sure, he pats himself on the back, but Nationals 22-year-old shortstop CJ Abrams spoke about the atmosphere in the clubhouse at the postgame press scrum Tuesday night. A few more years.

‘We have a lot ahead of us,’ said Abrams about growing and winning alongside a young team-mate who will form the core of the next championship-level club in the country’s capital. .

“Young team, we’re trying to get together…and with Davey getting another two years, we’re going to make things happen.”

“Davie was great,” Lizzo said of the work the sixth-year captain has done over the last three years through the reboot process. “He got it and it deserves it. I don’t think there’s any other man who can see this through to the end.

“He went from World Series champion to rebuilder, and hopefully he can turn it around as World Series champion again.”

They’re making slow progress, already winning more than 162 games last season this year, and Rizzo says it’s steady progress, which is what he and the Nationals leadership wanted. said.

“That’s the progress we’re looking for,” Lizzo told Junkies. “You are from 55 [wins] In 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, the formula was to go from 65 to 70 or 75 and step up from there the next year. It was the blueprint, the unquoted “game plan,” the blueprint for winning more and improving that way. ”

“I’m 10-15, 17 and I’m not going to get a ring or a parade,” he said. to do. ”

Will he turn his attention to his extension now so the reboot can continue? Rizzo said he would negotiate on his own.

“It is not permissible for a general manager to have an agent that is also a player agent. It would be a conflict of interest,” he explained. “So I handle things on my own. I have been doing that for a long time. And I think we will continue to do that.”