Nats fights Braves for last time before falling to tenth (updated)

If the last month of this lost season is meant to give young players a chance to grow and consolidate their place National ‘ plans for 2022 and beyond, tonight’s 7-6, 10-batch loss to Braves did not provide a shortage of evidence for several potential building blocks on the list. In both positive and negative ways.

Positives: Carter Kieboom and Lane Thomas gave the switch hits late. Luis Garca produced a highlight coil sequence on the plate and field in the seventh and eighth, topped by a 448-foot Homer in midfield that gave the sheet a brief lead. And Mason Thompson somehow twisted his way out of the base-loaded, no-out jam in seventh place with only four Ryan Zimmerman.

Negative: Thompson was nowhere near as effective when he returned to the hill at the bottom of the eighth and served high homes for Freddie Freeman and Adam Duvall to turn a one-round lead into a one-batch deficit.

And then after the wild sequence of the ninth peak, when the citizens re-leveled the game when the Braves couldn’t start a possible ending game of the game Josh Bellin sharp ground short, Wander serum gave up the winning streak with a single, two-set single loaded at Joc Pederson’s base in 10th place.

It was a painful way to play ball, which at times was very entertaining to stop for citizens who, if nothing else can at least comfort them, are ready to face the National League East’s three remaining rivals in 2021.

The Nats, who achieved consecutive losing records after eight consecutive winning seasons, placed 5-14 against Braves, 6-13 against Phillie and 8-11 against Forests. Check the final rankings after 3 1/2 weeks to see if it has played a role in determining the division champion.

“Our young guys are learning and you’re seeing clear signs of what they can do, what the future brings when it comes to us,” manager Davey Martinez said after the Zoom game with reporters. – I like the way the guys play. I keep hearing from the coaches of other teams, the players of other teams, how they respect our way of playing. … There will come a day when we lose one batch of games, we start winning three or four of these games. “

Things awaited the young strangers as they scored in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, with Garca in the lead. He followed Zimmerman’s great 3-2-4 doubles to record the first two bouts from the bottom of the seventh, and then made his own great game with a Thompson-led comeback to record a third inning and prevent Atlanta from scoring.

“I think it was the play where I covered the first base,” Garca said through an interpreter, Octavio Martinez, when asked which gems she was more proud of. – I reacted quickly and ran as fast as possible to the first base. I read the play early and waited for it, and as soon as I saw it come true, I quickly passed by and reacted well. “

Garca then launched well in front of beginner Richard Rodrguez at the top of the eighth, no doubt straight into midfield, which the 21-year-old stood and admired.

“At the moment, I was very excited and very happy to be able to take the team forward with this home lead,” Garca said. “All I can do to help the team win is my goal, and at that moment it was pretty big.”

If only citizens could maintain a good mood. Thompson forced two innings in part because Davey Martinez had to burn six reliefs on Wednesday night, immediately handing the homers to Freeman and Duvall, with the Braves leading again.

And while the Nazis returned to the ninth best thanks to Thomas ’triple triple and Ozzie Albies’ throwing error when they tried to turn the 6-4-3 doubles, they couldn’t decide the deal there and then looked at Suero (despite the bottom of the ninth 1-2-3) took the defeat at the end of the tenth of a crazy ball game.

– I knew the situation with our bullfighter. It was taxed quite a bit yesterday, ”Suero said through Octavio Martinez. “So I knew I’d probably extend a bit. The only thing I could do was try to help as much as I could and try to stay positive.”

There have been no less favorable matches Eric Fedde during his career as a Braves. He started the evening with 0-4 ERA at 11.92 and 2.494 WHIP in seven matches (six starts) against them, 0-3 ERA at 11.12 and 2.206 WHIP in the three previous matches this season.

Things got off to a strong start for Fedde tonight, but when he retired from the first 10 of 11 hits he faced, the lone exception was backer Stephen Vogtin alone at the end of Homer’s third set. In addition to this one mistake, his cutter was in place, leading to five early strikes. And his game count was modest 44 after three innings, setting him on a much-needed long journey.

And Fedde was boosted by a quick 2-0 lead, which his teammates delivered to him first when Thomas walked, Juan Soto infield single, Bell RBI double and a Yadiel hernandez The RBI grounding got its job done. But the lineup then fell silent against Atlanta starter Huascar Ynoa, who prevented Nazi from scoring again before leaving after the fifth.

Fedde, on the other hand, began to falter. He did not fall victim to ongoing demonstrations, but he fell victim to a handful of extra hits. He only let five bats reach him in six innings, but they became two doubles and three solos.

Two of them came from the most unlikely source: Vogt, who hadn’t cleared the fence at all with 83 previous Braves record appearances this season. The second, Jorge Soler, came to Fedde’s first field from the bottom of the sixth and took Atlanta to a 4-3 lead.

“He was good,” Davey Martinez said of Fede. “For me, it was more of a mental mistake. We go through the game plan, and he just decides to throw a fast ball when he shouldn’t, and it hits far. And not just throw a fast ball. If you want to throw a fast ball, you can’t throw it in the middle. It hurts us pretty much. You have to throw the ball on purpose and on purpose and you can’t just say, “I’m going to throw the ball to him” because these batsmen are good. “

The Nationals had an immediate answer in seventh when they got a double lead from Garca and an RBI single from Thomas to re-level the game. They had a golden opportunity to take the lead after loading the bases with one, but Bell’s 104.6 mph bounce grabbed Tyler Matzek’s leg and the left man managed to pick up the ball and turn it on the plate just in time to get Thomas. And when Hernandez’s 101.2 mph bus station to the left fell into Duvall’s possession, the rally was suspended, leaving the game evenly late for innings.

There would be much more drama.

“We fought back, that’s all we can do,” Davey Martinez said. “We made some mistakes sensibly and I talk about it all the time: you can’t make mistakes for good batsmen. As you can see tonight, they hit them far. “