Nationals @ Braves (4/10/07) Game 7 7:35 PM EDT

Post #1 » by **lpsevier** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 1:08 pm

Washington Nationals (1-6)

VS.

Atlanta Braves (5-1):

Featuring...

Matt Chico:

VS.

Tim Hudson:

At:

Starting Lineups

Nationals:

F. Lopez, SS
K. Casto, LF
Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
A. Kearns, RF
R. Church, CF
R. Belliard, 2B
R. Fick, 1B
J Flores, C
Matt Chico, P

Braves:

Kelly Johnson, 2B
AVG .150 HR 2 RBI 3 R 4 SB 1

Edgar Renteria, SS
AVG .333 HR 2 RBI 4 R 3 SB 1

Larry Wayne Jones, 3B
AVG .227 HR 0 RBI 0 R 4 SB

Andruw Jones, CF
AVG .130 HR 0 RBI 1 R 2 SB 0

Jeff Francoeur, RF
AVG .292 HR 1 RBI 4 R 4 SB 0

Brian McCann, C
AVG .364 HR 2 RBI 7 R 3 SB 0

Craig Wilson, 1B
AVG .091 HR 0 RBI 0 R 1 SB 0

Matt Diaz, LF
AVG .333 HR 1 RBI 2 R 1 SB 1

Tim Hudson, P
W-L 0-0 ERA 1.29 K 5 Walks 4 WHIP 0.86

After an excellent start to the season, the Braves look to keep it rolling against the 1-6 Nationals.

Go Braves!

News and Notes:

Braves Alone in first for the first time in a year
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ar2pA0eKFvzl3sPDl3CkAUQR0bYF?slug=ap-nlrdp&prov=ap&type=lgns

National League East Standings (as of 4/9/07)

ATL-----5-1
FLA-----4-2
NYM-----4-2
PHI------1-5
WAS----- 1-6

NDaATL · Post #2 » by **NDaATL** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 4:49 pm

Nice game thread.

Hopefully we continue our run, the Nationals seem to always have our number.

Post #3 » by **MagicMadness** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 5:53 pm

Very early in the season, but the Nats have only one win in their first seven games. Hopefully we can keep the momentum going and win our third series in a row.

Winning that Mets series was great. Sure, it's only April, but coming back and taking the last two after getting blown out in the home opener sends an early message to the league.

Post #4 » by **HMFFL** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 5:58 pm

We must win this series no matter how much trouble the Nats have gave us during recent years. I'm not expecting us to sweep the series but we should win it.

Post #5 » by **lpsevier** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 6:01 pm

Updated with NL East standings.

Pai Gow · Post #6 » by **Pai Gow** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 6:13 pm

Nice, lets see if Huddy can make it 2 good starts in a row.

Bow2Yao11 · Post #7 » by **Bow2Yao11** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 6:16 pm

Easy series for the Braves.

High 5 · Post #8 » by **High 5** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 8:04 pm

If we don't win this series, the previous two would have been for nothing. These are three easy wins that we need to take advantage of.

Lord Commander · Post #9 » by **Lord Commander** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 9:36 pm

High 5 wrote:If we don't win this series, the previous two would have been for nothing. These are three easy wins that we need to take advantage of.

Second that! As a matter of fact, if you guys don't sweep, the previous wins would mean nothing. The Nats are pretty much a AA team. :nod:

High 5 · Post #10 » by **High 5** » Mon Apr 9, 2007 11:15 pm

ToHoleWithSoul wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Second that! As a matter of fact, if you guys don't sweep, the previous wins would mean nothing. The Nats are pretty much a AA team.

It still means we're better than the Mets, just the Mets are worse than we thought.

A-Town Connection · Post #11 » by **A-Town Connection** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:39 am

Love the picture of Hudson. Hopefully the Jones boys get it on track this week

Post #12 » by **HMFFL** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:14 am

I hope Timmy comes out like he did during his first outing. Our bats alone should win this game for us!

Lord Commander · Post #13 » by **Lord Commander** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 1:11 pm

High 5 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

It still means we're better than the Mets, just the Mets are worse than we thought.

Wow...what a confidence booster a couple of close lucky wins can be. Just remember, this is a marathon and depth is the name of the game (don't believe me? Just look at your "Hampton out 6-9 Months" thread). I'll be sure to keep this quote and use it when the Squaws, er, Braves rack up the injuries and are 10 games out in August.

Post #14 » by **lpsevier** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:58 pm

ToHoleWithSoul wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Wow...what a confidence booster a couple of close lucky wins can be. Just remember, this is a marathon and depth is the name of the game (don't believe me? Just look at your "Hampton out 6-9 Months" thread). I'll be sure to keep this quote and use it when the Squaws, er, Braves rack up the injuries and are 10 games out in August.

How's Pedro doing?

H Bomb13 · Post #15 » by **H Bomb13** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:50 pm

If Timmy pitches anything like he did against Philly, we will def. win. Our bats have to heat up sometime, and I think this is the perfect series. The Nats pitching staff is awful, and I hope we just light them up.

High 5 · Post #16 » by **High 5** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:13 pm

lpsevier wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

How's Pedro doing?

He's fine. He'll be back to Cy Young form in no time. :wink:

magicfan217 · Post #17 » by **magicfan217** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:30 pm

ToHoleWithSoul wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Wow...what a confidence booster a couple of close lucky wins can be. Just remember, this is a marathon and depth is the name of the game (don't believe me? Just look at your "Hampton out 6-9 Months" thread). I'll be sure to keep this quote and use it when the Squaws, er, Braves rack up the injuries and are 10 games out in August.

the mets starting rotation is not good. sans a few "lucky" starts to start the year.

magicfan217 · Post #18 » by **magicfan217** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:32 pm

anyway, we should win tonight and with chucky going tomm....redman scares me though. He throws about as hard as a 13 year old girl.

Lord Commander · Post #19 » by **Lord Commander** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 5:03 pm

lpsevier wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

How's Pedro doing?

Better than Hampton. Hell, he'd probably outperform Redman right now.

Post #20 » by **lpsevier** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:59 pm

ToHoleWithSoul wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Better than Hampton. Hell, he'd probably outperform Redman right now.

How is not playing at all better than Hampton?

I'd call that a wash.

He probably would, and you should probably have a better record than us. But probably really doesn't mean ****, and you don't.