Green takes 3B. Garcia is saved by the slide. That ball would have easily traveled into LF. It hit Green's body instead. That's his 41st SB. Only caught 3 times.
Ramsey K's the side in the 2nd. T-Rats got nothing going against a lefty who often gives them fits. Cornielle will try to come back out and do the same.
Henderson returns and gives up a lead-off 1-2 long ball over the RF wall on a center cut heater. Gotta locate better in that count. Can't have that over the plate. Sigh.
Corniel opens his outing falling behind 3-0. He sneaks a heater in on the inner stripe. He gets the weak groundout to 1B.
Cornielle gets another K to end his 2nd frame with a much better look. 2 K in the inning. On to the 3rd.
Corniel gets the benefit of the doubt on an outside K looking (not a strike). After the opening fly out to Payne in RF. He has two down. Now, he'll face the order a second time.
Yup. We always knew this was the 'danger' of this first round match-up: The Nats have two legitimate Aces atop their pitching staff. Couple that with a very very young team. Showing their youth early. AND, here we are in a 2-0 hole.
Yup. Gotta know the limits. That ball was an absolutely covered inning--ending groundout. Trying to do way too much and in every situation it is backfiring.