Nationals (40-50) @ Marlins (42-47) 7:10 Start Time

 

Josh Johnson (9-3) 1.70 ERA ( 6-0, 3.55 ERA vs. WAS) vs Livan Hernandez (6-5) 3.37 ERA (13-8, 3.52 ERA vs. FLA)

 

Marlins: Uggla finds his stride in July

 

Second baseman Dan Uggla hit .403 in 17 games leading into the break, notching two doubles, two homers and 14 RBIs. He went 1-for-3 with a walk Friday to bring his batting average to .285 on the season. He's hitting .444 through 11 games in July.

 

Marlins are pretty much sh*t or Shine vs Livan but we are going to spark today offensively with both Longballs and some early smallball.

 

J.J. needs to come back strong from his impressive ASG performance and give the team a nice 7 IP with 2 or less earned runs like we no he can do.

 

Let's get this win streak going!

Logan Morrison with the day off in AAA today? Seems weird that he would with the AS break just over. Is it possible a call up could be announced after today's game?

Logan Morrison with the day off in AAA today? Seems weird that he would with the AS break just over. Is it possible a call up could be announced after today's game?

 

 

Doesn't look like it. From NOLA.com:

 

Logan Morrison, who endured some pain in the game Friday, being hit by a pitch and fouling a ball off his ankle, is out of the lineup.

Who is this crappy umpire

Sweet. Now find your rhythm JJ.

I've never seen a 30 pitch inning with 24 strikes before...

Whew...

A lot of foul balls from Morgan and Bernadina....damn, that was annoying.

Livan is topping out at 85 mph this could be really good or really bad for us.

Oye

Holy sh*t his curve is 63 MPH and the change is at 74 this could be bad if he can find the zone.

That's the 9 pitch inning he needed.

Era is at 1.67

lol, nice swing Uggla

That'll work

Attqa Boy Jorge.

Now its time for small ball!

Why the f*** didn't he bunt?!?!?!

.... wasted ABs...

So much for small ball....

I'm gonna be super pissed if he hits a flyball here.

RONNY!!!!!

Giancarlo! Improving by the weeks!

Dinkers and smart baserunning for the win.

Listen to Niner regarding Cogz balance. Maybe he should be helping in batting cages. :whistle

Sean west isn't pitching very good in AAA tonight

What's the score...Gameday froze up after Paulino's 2 run single.

What a dumb move by Kennedy. I'm glad he did it though.