2025 Season | Series #11 | Guardians @ Nationals | May 5-7, 2025

Wham with the Right Hand said:
I wonder if striking out on three foul bunts, all off curveballs in the zone, will be the last straw for Rocchio. Is Vogt ready to go with Arias at short, Schneemann at second, and Angel in center every day?
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If they are all hitting, then why not?
 
Any word on who was called up to be the 27th player for the doubleheader today???
 
The Nats have changed their rotation.

Irvin is listed in the first game.

Lord in the night cap.
 
Lineup for game 1 (same as it would have been yesterday):

 
Game 2 preview

Ben Lively goes against Brad Lord in the nightcap.

Lord is a 25-year-old rookie right-hander who has not pitched in the bigs before this season. He's made 3 relief appearances followed by 5 starts and is 1-3 with a 4.43 ERA. The most pitches he's thrown in a game is 80 and he completed 5 innings in just one of his starts - the most recent. They're gradually stretching him out.

As a starter batters are hitting .308/.790 off him. With nobody on base his BAA is .340 with an OBP of .404 so he's seen a lot of traffic on the bases. He has extreme reverse splits as right-handers are hitting .409/.992 off him against .209/.608 by lefties. If Vogt stacks the lineup with left-handed hitters Lord might do OK.

Ben Lively is 1-2 with a 3.72 ERA. In his last six starts he's allowed 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0 runs. I predict he will allow 4 runs tonight. He's coming off a start where he shut out the Twins for 5.2 innings, but so far he has not been able to put together two good starts in a row.

Left-handed hitters have an OPS of .885 against .587 for righties, so Ben will have to be careful with the lefties in the Nationals batting order. The second time through the batting order opponnents are hitting .308/.898 against Lively. He needs to figure out how to be more effective against lefties and the second time through.
 
Wham with the Right Hand said:
Game 2 preview

Ben Lively goes against Brad Lord in the nightcap.

Lord is a 25-year-old rookie right-hander who has not pitched in the bigs before this season. He's made 3 relief appearances followed by 5 starts and is 1-3 with a 4.43 ERA. The most pitches he's thrown in a game is 80 and he completed 5 innings in just one of his starts - the most recent. They're gradually stretching him out.

As a starter batters are hitting .308/.790 off him. With nobody on base his BAA is .340 with an OBP of .404 so he's seen a lot of traffic on the bases. He has extreme reverse splits as right-handers are hitting .409/.992 off him against .209/.608 by lefties. If Vogt stacks the lineup with left-handed hitters Lord might do OK.

Ben Lively is 1-2 with a 3.72 ERA. In his last six starts he's allowed 4, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0 runs. I predict he will allow 4 runs tonight. He's coming off a start where he shut out the Twins for 5.2 innings, but so far he has not been able to put together two good starts in a row.

Left-handed hitters have an OPS of .885 against .587 for righties, so Ben will have to be careful with the lefties in the Nationals batting order. The second time through the batting order opponnents are hitting .308/.898 against Lively. He needs to figure out how to be more effective against lefties and the second time through.
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Lords reverse splits do not appear to be an anomaly. Hes had reverse splits in the minors, too.
 
After Kwan flies out, Schneemann works a walk.

So does Jose.
 
Back to back walks for the Guardians

See if we can grab an early lead here
 
Manzo walks, too, as Irvin can't find the plate with any of his pitches.
 
So... first inning jitters/control problems are not owned by the Guardians, only...
 
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