Final: Alabama 41, Georgia 34
No. 4 Alabama wins an absolutely crazy game over No. 2 Georgia. Bama blew a 28-point lead but found a way to save it with Ryan Williams’ circus catch in the final minutes.
San Francisco’s Giants began the night time with a .156 AVG in opposition to left-handed pitchers early within the 2022 marketing campaign, which was the worst within the Nationwide League, and their .222 OBP vs. lefties was fifteenth of 15 as properly, with their .244 SLG vs. southpaws by way of 13 video games next-to-last on the senior circuit just a few weeks into the season.
Despite Patrick Corbin’s struggles the previous couple years, and once more early this season (7.50 ERA, 3.47 FIP, 6.00 BB/9, .333/.433/.412 line in opposition to in three begins and 12 IP), Nats’ supervisor Davey Martinez informed reporters earlier than the sequence opener with the Giants in Washington, D.C.’s Nationals Park he thought the left-handed starter matched up properly with the customer’s lineup.
“I believe each recreation is an efficient matchup for Patrick,” Martinez stated. “I actually do. And if he goes on the market and assaults this lineup like he attacked Pittsburgh within the first 5 innings [in his previous start], we’re going to have day. It’s like I stated, when he comes on the market and he goes deep in video games, he’s bought to begin — nonetheless work forward of hitters and controlling the sport like he did early within the recreation [in Pittsburgh], so I informed him, for me he’s not that far off, he’s throwing the ball properly, he feels actually good, so hopefully he goes on the market at this time, and like I stated, he pitches the way in which he pitched the primary 5 innings of the sport [against the Pirates] however continues to do this within the sixth or seventh inning if we will get him that far.”
Corbin tossed 5 scoreless innings in opposition to the Bucs in PNC Park earlier than issuing a pair of one-out walks round a single, which loaded the bases, and ended his outing within the sixth, with two of the three runners he left on scoring as soon as reliever Victor Arano got here on.
Going up in opposition to the Giants final night time, Corbin stranded two runners within the first, with back-to-back Ks after a one-out single and stroll, however he didn’t get out of the second, giving up a leadoff double, one-out stroll, a single on which one run scored on an error by Victor Robles in heart, and a three-run residence run, 4-0. Two extra singles and a stroll loaded the bases again up, and one other double cleared them, 7-0, and ended the lefty’s outing after he threw 60 pitches in 1 2⁄3 IP.
“He was simply — I believed he was simply up within the zone,” Martinez stated in assessing what went fallacious for Corbin.
“He bought the primary two outs [in the first], balls have been shifting good, sliders have been down, fastballs have been down,” the supervisor added, “after which all the things began getting elevated, and when he throws the ball up there, he loses that sink, so the ball turns into flat.”
In the event that they like his stuff, and Corbin continues to really feel good, methods to clarify the continued points, and the seeming incapacity to make mandatory changes?
“I don’t know,” Martinez stated. “For me, generally he feels so good that I believe he tries to overthrow, and that’s the place you see the balls up. So, like I stated, when he’s actually good, all the things is down. Every part is working down. Away, down, in on the sliders, and he can get the fastball down, in, and working again over the plate on the within, and he did {that a} couple instances, however we bought to maintain him down, I imply, he’s actually good when he’s down.”
“I’m pissed. I’m upset,” Corbin stated, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman, after the sport.
“I’m making an attempt to do all the things I can to get higher. I’m actually simply nonetheless looking out just a little bit. However I’ll are available in tomorrow, like I do daily, and attempt to get higher.”
Martinez was additionally requested if, given the ends in 2020, 2021, and thus far this season, working Corbin again on the market each 5 days continues to be the most suitable choice.
“Yeah, he’s going to pitch each 5 days. His stuff, like I stated, his stuff is nice, we simply bought to get him to know what he must do with it consistency-wise, and like I stated, for me it’s having him throw the balls down, not throw by way of the sinker, proceed to let the ball work for him, and throw his sliders, and never attempt to bury his sliders neither. He can throw them down, over the strike zone, for me it’s extra strike-strike-ball, than ball out of the hand.
“So, that’s one thing that we’ll discuss to him about, as a result of he did it properly, he did it in Pittsburgh properly, he stored the ball down properly till that one inning, and like I stated, the primary two hitters at this time he seemed nice, then he walked — he bought out of the inning, however he walked as a result of I believed he was making an attempt to overthrow, hastily he began throwing 94, and he ended up strolling [Brandon] Belt.”
The Washington Capitals announced the roster that will dress for their penultimate preseason tilt against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Monday night (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network in-market, ESPN+ out-0f-market).
Defenseman Rasmus Sandin will make his preseason debut after reporting to training camp late due to visa issues.
Washington is expected dress most of their expected opening night lineup for October 12 vs. the New Jersey Devils, except the team’s first-line of Alex Ovechkin, Dylan Strome, and Andrew Mangiapane and top defensive pairing of Jakob Chychrun and John Carlson, all of whom have played the past two games.
The roster also features three recent first-round picks by the team in centers Connor McMichael (25th overall, 2019) and Hendrix Lapierre (22nd, 2020) in addition to left-wing Ivan Miroshnichenko (20th, 2022).
Left-wing Jakub Vrana, who is attending Washington’s training camp on a PTO agreement, will play his third consecutive game and fourth overall after notching a goal and an assist in his last two.
Logan Thompson will play the whole game in net, according to head coach Spencer Carbery.
Sunday #Caps lines:
Ovechkin-Strome-Mangiapane
McMichael-Dubois-Wilson
Milano-Lapierre-Protas
Duhaime-Dowd-Raddysh
Vrana-Sgarbossa-Miro
Extras: Cristall, ParascakChychrun-Carlson
Fehervary-Roy
Sandin-TvR
Alexeyev-McIlrath
Extra: BearLindgren
Thompson
Shepard— Tarik El-Bashir (@Tarik_ElBashir) September 29, 2024
Here is the expected roster for Monday’s game in Ohio:
The roster Columbus should ice on Monday can be found below:
Columbus defeated Washington by a score of 8-4 in the District on Friday in the first of the two’s home-and-home set.
Washington’s final preseason game will take place at Capital One Arena on Saturday against the Boston Bruins (5 PM ET, Monumental Sports Network locally, NHL Network nationally).
By Harrison Brown
The Washington Nationals might not have had a great season in terms of their win-loss record, but this was a season in which they saw a lot of their young players develop.
While the Nationals have struggled for quite some time, the future does look bright for the franchise. This year, there was a lot of growth for Washington, especially in their lineup.
This campaign, the infield combination of C.J. Abrams and Luis Garcia Jr. really took their games to the next level, as Abrams was selected to his first All-Star team. While those two taking a step into the All-Star caliber range was important, a few new top prospects also came up and made their debuts.
Both James Woods and Dylan Crews got to see meaningful action in the second half of the season, and as two of the top prospects in the outfield in the Majors, that is a great sign for next season.
While the future looks bright in the lineup, the Nationals do still have some work to do in the starting rotation and bullpen.
Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report recently ranked the Top-5 pitchers for the Nationals this season in this order: Jake Irvin, Kyle Finnegan, MacKenzie Gore, Mitchell Parker, and Derek Law.
“Right-hander Jake Irvin has been the unsung hero of the Nationals staff, making 32 starts and posting a 4.22 ERA and a 153-to-49 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 183.1 innings of work. His 1.18 WHIP ranks eighth among qualified NL starters, ahead of guys such as Max Fried, Freddy Peralta, Logan Webb and others. Veteran reliever Derek Law may have pitched well enough this season to earn himself a MLB deal this time around in free agency. The 34-year-old has a 2.68 ERA and 16 holds in 72 appearances after signing a minor league deal each of the past four offseasons.”
Irvin was certainly deserving of being in the top spot, as the right-hander had the second-best WAR of any pitcher on Washington this season at 2.3.
While it was good to see Law recognized on the list, the argument could be made that he was the second-best pitcher on the team this season. Law has had a 7-4 record and 2.63 ERA. Furthermore, his WAR of 1.8 is right behind Irvin.
Unfortunately for the Nationals after Irvin and Law, there really wasn’t much else to get overly excited about on the pitching staff. Adding a top-end starter to help guide this rotation next season should certainly be a priority for Washington.
The biggest game of the season so far delivered in a big way.
No. 4 Alabama had No. 2 Georgia on the ropes early in their top-five showdown, up 28-0 at one point, but the Bulldogs just kept fighting their way back and forced a dramatic finish in Tuscaloosa. In the end, after trading leads late in the fourth quarter, Alabama secured the win with a miraculous catch-and-run TD by freshman Ryan Williams, and then an interception in the end zone by cornerback Zabien Brown.
The 41-34 finish was the capper on an incredible day of college football action — one that got going early when Kentucky went into Oxford against No. 6 Ole Miss and stunned the Rebels, 20-17, in a back-and-forth affair that ended with a shanked field goal that would’ve tied it.
And yet another highly ranked team lost to an unranked opponent at home when Arizona beat No. 10 Utah 23-10 in a late-night upset.
Later in the day, No. 21 Oklahoma got a late pick 6 to spark a comeback win over Auburn and earn its first SEC win. No. 16 Notre Dame also notched a key victory of its own in holding off No. 15 Louisville while No. 9 Penn State handled No. 19 Illinois at home and Colorado blew out UCF on the road.
And to cap the night, No. 25 Boise State rode running back Ashton Jeanty to a big 45-24 win over Washington State.
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