Series Preview: Nationals @ Brewers

After winning their 5th game in a row by completing a sweep over the Mets, the Nats stay on the road to face the Brewers in a 4 game series.  The Brewers are under .500 and have lost 6 in a row.  This is how the series breaks down:

• Thursday: 8:10 PM, Jackson (5-6) vs Gallardo (8-7).
• Friday: 8:10 PM, Detwiler (5-3) vs Fiers (3-4).
• Saturday: 7:10 PM, Zimmermann (7-6) vs Wolf (3-6).
• Sunday: 2:10 PM, Gonzalez (13-5) vs Greinke (9-3).

Game of the Series:  Sunday.  Gio had to square off against the Mets best pitcher Dickey, and now he is doing it again against Greinke.  Going to be a good one.

Sound of the Series:  Beer.  It's the Brewers so this is the first song that came to mind.  Enjoy the series, I think it's going to be a good one.

  

Prediction Time:

Baseball reputation on the line.  Tell me I'm dumb in the comments or via twitter @dru90.

• Nationals WIN Thursday
• Nationals WIN Friday.
• Nationals WIN Saturday.
• Nationals WIN Sunday.

Nationals SWEEP the series 4-0. 

Series Preview: Nationals @ Marlins

I thought we just got finished with the fight for first place?  After sweeping the Braves into 4th place in the NL East the Nats get to do battle with the 2nd place Miami Marlins.  It's a three game series and this is how it breaks down:

• Monday: 1:10 PM, Zimmermann (3-4) vs Zambrano (2-3). 
• Tuesday: 7:10 PM, Jackson (1-2) vs Sanchez (2-3).
• Wednesday: 7:10 PM, Wang (1-0) vs Johnson (2-3).

This series is winnable for the Nationals even though the Marlins are red hot.  Zambrano has been a warrior on the mound all season, but he hasn't been un-hittable by a long stretch.  The Nationals should have no trouble carrying over their offensive successes from the Braves series into this one.  The game of the week is definitely going to be Wednesday, where Chien-Ming Wang seems the probable option to replace Ross Detwiler in the rotation and make his first start of the season.



Your Sound of the Series against the Marlins comes from Reel Big Fish.  Get it?

Davey Johnson said he wished Detwiler would have taken on the Braves hitters more in his last start.  In the spirit of that advice, and because the video takes place in a sports stadium/arena tunnel, here is 
Take On Me.

Prediction Time:
Putting my reputation as a "baseball guy" on the line by predicting the outcomes of each series.  Feel free to yell at me in the comments or on twitter @dru90.

• Nationals win Monday.
• Nationals win Tuesday.
• Marlins win Wednesday.

Nationals WIN the series 2-1.