Last night Mr. Walk Off struck again to put the Nats one game closer towards overtaking the Mets for 3rd place in the NL East. Today at 1:35 Livan Hernandez, making his final start of the season, faces off against Mike Pelfrey trying to get the series curly W for the boys from the beltway. The Nationals pitching has been not-so-good this series, so a nice start by Livo would be welcome today on S. Capitol Street. After all, a lineup featuring Lucas Duda shouldn’t be putting up 7 or 8 runs vs. any veteran major league pitcher. Let’s go to the TALE OF THE TAPE:
Pitching Match-Up
Livan "World's Fastest Man" Hernandez
vs.
Mike "No Caption Required" Pelfrey
Nats Lineup:
1. Desi SS
2. The Shark LF
3. Mr. Walk Off 3B
4. WerthQuake CF
5. Ankiel RF
6. Espi 2B
7. Chris MarERRORo 1B
8. Rami C
9. Livo “Legs” Hernandez P
Nats win if…they can expose the Mets lineup as what it is…below average
Bold Prediction: 1st career HR for Chris Marrero
Twitter comments on the Livo pic have already been positive. Thanks!