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Know Thy Enemy: Washington Nationals, Part II

*62 Apr 10 2006 08:26 PM

Know Thy Enemy: The Washington Nationals New York Mets (4-1) vs. Washington Nationals (2-5) at RFK Stadium, Wash., D.C. Pitching probables Tuesday 11 April Bannister vs. Ortiz Wedensday 12 April ... Martinez vs. Armas Thursday 13 April .. Trachsel vs. Hernandez Who’s hot .. Mets: Wright (.474, 9 RBI), Reyes (.375 OBP), Nady (.474), D. Sanchez (6K in 5 IP) Nats: Jose Vidro (.406, 9 BRI), Soriano (.972 OPS), Nick Johnson (1.057 OPS), middle relievers Majkewski, Rauch, and Stanton have combined to allow 3 earned runs in fifteen and two-thirds over thirteen appearances Vidro career vs. Metsies .. . 295 .370 .496 .865 over 353 AB Nick Johnson .. .276 .418 .437 .855 over 87 AB Soriano . .310 .372 .524 .896 over 84 AB Guillen .. .241 .312 .408 .720 over 74 AB Manager Frank Robinson has served his one game suspension received as a result of Paul LoDuca getting HBP after Pedro Martinez had hit Jose Guillen eleventy times. Umpires and/or National League Officials are expected to warn both managers prior to the beginning of the three game series. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060410&content_id=1393226&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

cooby Apr 10 2006 09:10 PM

Umpires and/or National League Officials are expected to warn both managers prior to the beginning of the three game series. This is going to be verrrrry interesting

metirish Apr 10 2006 09:16 PM

Yeah could be a great series, the Nationals lost today in extra innings to the Astros....... Nice job *62.

Edgy DC Apr 10 2006 10:15 PM

It's interesting to see Robinson say get burned by policies he supposedly helped put in place.

Frayed Knot Apr 10 2006 10:18 PM

Felix Hernandez got hit w/a 3 game suspension for his part in the beanball war last week. I don't know if he's serving it now or appealing. If he's serving it right away that further dampens the Nats pen. Today's extra-inning game against Houston didn't help either.

Edgy DC Apr 10 2006 10:33 PM

According to what I read today, Robby served his quickly to get it out of the way, but pretty much told Hernandez to appeal in order to get the penalty reduced --- which happens seemingly 80-90% o fthe time. Robby's no dummy there, but it would seem wiser to claim to be appealing on sone actual grounds, rather than simply because virtually all sentences get cut on appeal.

Rockin' Doc Apr 10 2006 10:49 PM

Should be a wild series in our nation's capital. Probably a good time to try out some body armor.

Elster88 Apr 11 2006 11:18 AM

]And don't be surprised if it's Carlos Delgado who takes Ortiz deep. The home run the Mets cleanup hitter crushed against Ortiz on Thursday night at Shea was the fifth he has hit in just 30 career at-bats against the Nationals starter. Delgado also has four doubles, three singles and six walks against Ortiz.

Elster88 Apr 12 2006 10:23 AM

LoDuca's probably getting Thursday off. Saturday's scheduled lineup looked like this: Reyes Woodward Beltran Delgado Wright Nady Castro Diaz What should Willie do tomorrow?

cooby Apr 12 2006 10:24 AM

Has Castro played at all yet?

Yancy Street Gang Apr 12 2006 10:36 AM

Not yet. He's the most forgotten Met. Zambrano is the only other player on the roster who has yet to appear.

Edgy DC Apr 14 2006 12:19 AM

I'll try him.