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D5 Diamondbacks rock Marquis, Nats 9-2 nationals from D1
would be using his sinker to induce groundballs. Instead, three of his sinkers generated home runs as he couldn’t locate the pitch effectively much of the night. Marquis’ first inning was an improvement over his last start when he allowed the first four Dodgers to reach base, two via walk — but it easily could have gone worse. After getting leadoff manChrisYoungto fly out to start the game, second baseman Kelly Johnson walked. Marquis then left a sinker up in the zone to center fielder Justin Upton, but shortstop Ian Desmond back- handed Upton’s screaming liner on a bounce and started the in- ning-ending double play. Marquiswasn’t as fortunate in
the second inning. First baseman AdamLaRoche crushed a 90mph fastball to left-center field that Roger Bernadina was able to track down but dropped when he crashed into the wall. Four pitch- es later, Marquis left another sinker up and catcher Miguel Montero mashed the 3-0 pitch over the left-center field wall — his first of two home runs on the night. After recording the inning’s
first twoouts,Marquis sawanoth- er sinker launched for a home run. Left fielder Gerardo Parra drove the first pitch he saw, a 90 mph sinker, over the center field wall for his third homer of the season. Bernadina climbed the wallandhada chance tokeep it in the yard but he couldn’t come up with the catch. With one out in the third
inning, Johnson also deposited a first-pitch sinker from Marquis, this one 89 mph, over the wall. Marquis seemed to straighten
things out after a one-two-three fourth inning but he wasn’t able to record an out in the fifth inning, which has been when Marquis has hit a wall this year. Diamondbacks starter Ian
Kennedy singled for his first of two hits to open the fifth and Young followed with a double off the wall in right-center field. With runners on second and third, pitching coach Steve Mc- Catty visited the mound. It evi- dently didn’t do much asMarquis walked Johnson on five pitches to end his night. As Riggleman walked to the mound to pull Marquis after 69 pitches, cheers cascaded from the 22,400 in at-
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Arizona catcherMiguelMontero celebrates after homering twice and driving in three runs to pace the Diamondbacks’ 14-hit attack. NATIONALSONDECK
tendance. Marquis, whose longest start
this season has been four and one-third innings, was greeted with boos on his walk to the dugout. Riggleman went with Craig
Stammen out of the bullpen and on his second pitch Stammen induced Upton to hit into a dou- ble play, allowing a run to score from third, which was charged to Marquis.
Stammen then struck out La-
Roche to end the inning. In the midst ofMarquis’ trou-
bles, the Nationals got on the board twice. Ryan Zimmerman
Nationals Journal Excerpts from
washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal Assessing options
for top pick Harper First overall pick Bryce
Harper was upset by recent comments implying he would not return to junior college and “the likelihood of him going back to school is very real,” according to a source close to Harper. Harper was angered when
his college coach, Tim Chambers, and former teammate TylerHanks, currently a pitcher for the Nationals’ Gulf Coast League team, insistedHarper would not go back to the College of SouthernNevada, the source said.Harper has not discussed his plans with any member of his junior college team. It’s important to note that
those close toHarper, including the source, have a stake in letting it be known publicly he might return to school. Of course, keeping open the option of going back to college benefitsHarper by giving him more negotiating leverage. Like any college draftee,Harper has enrolled for fall classes. Harper’s willingness to play
another year at junior college is of vital importance to the Nationals, who have until the clock strikes midnightMonday to signHarper, a 17-year-old outfielder and power-hitting prodigy. The narrative ofHarper’s
ascension has by now become familiar:He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated at 16; dropped out of high school after his sophomore year so he could earn a General Equivalency Degree and enroll two years early in college; hit 31 home runs and won the Golden Spikes Award at 17; and was taken with the first overall choice on June 7. Convention suggestsHarper
would not have taken the unique steps to attend college early only to delay his entry into major league baseball, that there is nothing more he can
accomplish after his remarkable first season at junior college. But the unprecedented
measures also giveHarper an unprecedented advantage: If he declines to sign with the Nationals this year, he can re- enter the draft next season and still be only 18, still the same age he would have been had he completed only high school. However,Harper will face a
potential risk in returning to school aside from injury or an drop in performance.Most executives believe the sport will adopt a rigid salary structure for draft picks in its next collective bargaining agreement, which would take effect by the 2012 draft. The newsystem would lock
draft picks into a specific bonus and diminished salary, similar to how the NBA operates. So, in 2011, owners will be less likely to shell out rich bonuses to draft picks in the belief that a player who re- enters the draft will have to accept a paltry bonus in 2012. For the next 55 hours or so,
theNationals and Scott Boras, Harper’s high-powered “advisor,” will have to sort it all out as they aim to reach an agreement onHarper’s value and signing bonus. The Nationals and Boras reached a record-breaking agreement on Stephen Strasburg’s contact last year at the last minute. But the two players aren’t necessarily similar. Boras will contendHarper’s youth represents unbounded potential. Boras could not speak
specifically aboutHarper because it would jeopardize his college eligibility. But his view on the general market for draft picks illustrates his stance. “SinceMark Teixeira signed, revenues in baseball have grown from $3 billion to $7 billion,” Boras said. “They want the bonuses of the premier players to remain the same. That makes no sense.” —Adam Kilgore
blasted a solo shot, his 23rdhome run of the season, in the second inning on the first pitch he saw from Kennedy. In the fourth, the Nationals
squandered a big-inning oppor- tunity. Adam Dunn blooped a double in shallow left field to lead off. Two batters later, Josh Will- ingham walked and Adam Ken- nedy followed with an RBI single through the right side. But with runners on first and second, Ivan Rodriguez could only muster what has become all too common for the catcher — an inning-end- ing double play. Rodriguez has grounded into 21 double plays
this season, most in the National League. Ian Kennedy stayed out of
trouble the rest of the night,going seven innings and allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out seven and walked one. Stammen went just the one
inning and was replaced in the sixth by Miguel Batista, whose second pitch was blasted for a homer by Montero. The Dia- mondbacks scored twice more in the inning to build a six-run advantage and added another run in the ninth off Joel Peralta.
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DIAMONDBACKS9, NATIONALS2
ARIZONA
C.Young cf .....................5 1 3 K.Johnson 2b.................3 1 2 J.Upton rf ......................4 0 0 Ad.LaRoche 1b ..............5 1 2 Montero c......................5 2 2 M.Reynolds 3b ..............4 0 0 S.Drew ss......................4 1 1 G.Parra lf.......................4 2 2 I.Kennedy p ...................3 1 2 Crosby ph ......................1 0 0 Boyer p..........................0 0 0 Demel p.........................0 0 0
TOTALS WASHINGTON 38 9 14
Bernadina cf..................4 0 0 Desmond ss...................4 0 1 A.Dunn 1b .....................3 1 1 Zimmerman 3b .............4 1 1 Willingham lf ................3 0 2 A.Kennedy 2b................4 0 1 I.Rodriguez c .................4 0 0 W.Harris rf....................4 0 0 Marquis p......................1 0 0 Stammen p....................0 0 0 Maxwell ph ...................1 0 0 Batista p .......................0 0 0 Slaten p.........................0 0 0 Alb.Gonzalez ph............0 0 0 Jo.Peralta p...................0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 6
AB R H BI BB SO AVG 1 0 0 .272
1 2 0 .284 1 0 0 .270 0 0 3 .270 3 0 0 .303 0 0 1 .214 0 0 0 .264 1 0 2 .247 1 0 0 .171 0 0 0 .217 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
8 2 6 —
AB R H BI BB SO AVG 0 0 3 .269
0 0 0 .265 0 1 1 .271 1 0 0 .301 0 1 0 .265 1 0 1 .256 0 0 1 .274 0 0 1 .176 0 0 0 .143 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 .115 0 0 0 .125 0 0 0
0 1 0 .288 0 0 0 .000
ARIZONA.................. 031 013 001 — 9 14 WASHINGTON ......... 010 100 000 — 2 6
2 3 7 — 0
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LOB: Arizona 5, Washington 6. 2B: C.Young (28), K.Johnson (29), Ad.LaRoche (26), S.Drew (22), A.Dunn (29). HR: Montero (7), off Marquis; G.Parra (3), off Marquis; K.Johnson (18), off Marquis; Montero (8), off Batista; Zimmerman (23), off I.Kennedy. RBI: C.Young (69), K.Johnson (53), J.Upton (59), Montero 3 (29), G.Parra (22), I.Kennedy (2), Zimmerman (67), A.Kenne- dy (22). SB: Desmond (13). SF: J.Upton.
DP: Arizona 1 (S.Drew, K.Johnson, Ad.LaRoche); Wash- ington 2 (Desmond, A.Kennedy, A.Dunn), (A.Kennedy, A.Dunn).
ARIZONA IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
I.Kennedy.....................7 5 2 2 1 7 89 4.38 Boyer............................1 0 0 0 2 0 27 4.46 Demel...........................1 1 0 0 0 0 13 3.96
WASHINGTON
Marquis........................4 7 5 5 2 2 69 14.3 Stammen.....................1 0 0 0 0 1
Batista.........................1 5 3 3 0 0 25 4.45 Slaten ..........................2 0 0 0 0 2 20 2.70 Jo.Peralta ....................1 2 1 1 0 1 13 2.54
WP: I.Kennedy (7-9); LP: Marquis (0-5). Marquis pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. Inherited runners-scored: Stammen 3-1. T: 2:43. A: 22,400 (41,546).
HOWTHEY SCORED DIAMONDBACKS SECOND
Ad.LaRoche doubled to center. Montero homered to center on a 3-0 count, Ad.LaRoche scored. Reynolds struck out. S.Drew grounded out. G.Parra homered to center on a 0-0 count. I.Kennedy grounded out.
Diamondbacks, 3-0 NATIONALS SECOND
Zimmerman homered to left on a 0-0 count. Willingham singled to center. A.Kennedy struck out. I.Rodriguez grounded out, Willingham to second. W.Harris struck out.
Diamondbacks, 3-1 DIAMONDBACKS THIRD
C.Young flied out. K.Johnson homered to left on a 0-0 count. J.Upton grounded out. Ad.LaRoche singled to center. Montero flied out.
Diamondbacks, 4-1 NATIONALS FOURTH
A.Dunn doubled to left. Zimmerman flied out. Willing- ham walked. A.Kennedy singled to right, A.Dunn scored, Willingham to second. I.Rodriguez hit into a double play, A.Kennedy out.
Diamondbacks, 4-2 DIAMONDBACKS FIFTH
I.Kennedy singled to right. C.Young doubled to center, I.Kennedy to third. K.Johnson walked. Stammen pitch- ing. J.Upton hit into a double play, I.Kennedy scored, C.Young to third, K.Johnson out. Ad.LaRoche struck out.
Diamondbacks, 5-2 DIAMONDBACKS SIXTH
Batista pitching. Montero homered to center on a 1-0 count. Reynolds grounded out. S.Drew doubled to right. G.Parra singled to left, S.Drew to third. I.Kennedy singled to right, S.Drew scored, G.Parra to second. C.Young singled to left, G.Parra scored, I.Kennedy to second. K.Johnson grounded out, I.Kennedy to third, C.Young to second. J.Upton grounded out.
Diamondbacks, 8-2 DIAMONDBACKS NINTH
Jo.Peralta pitching. C.Young singled to center. K.John- son doubled to right, C.Young to third. J.Upton hit a sacrifice fly, C.Young scored, K.Johnson to third. Ad.La- Roche struck out. Montero grounded out.
Final Score: Diamondbacks, 9-2
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IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 9 5.09
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CHRIS O'MEARA/ASSOCIATED PRESS Gabe Kapler and the Rays climbed out of a 3-0 hole to upend catcherMatt Wieters, above, and the O’s, who fell to 9-3 under Buck Showalter. Matusz crumbles in fourth inning as Rays rally to top Orioles BY JEFF ZREBIEC st. petersburg, fla. – Brian
Matusz clearly thought he just struck out Kelly Shoppach. He gave anextra look intohomeplate umpire Brian Knight and then took a couple of steps off the rub- ber. It was as if Matusz was con- vinced that if he waited a little longer, glared a little harder, Knight would raise his left fist, pull back his right arm and send Shoppachback to thedugout. Knight didn’t and one pitch
later, the Orioles’ three-run lead was gone, and their rookie left- hander was well on his way to another early exit. Shoppach’s grand slam capped a five-run fourth-inning for the Tampa Bay Rays, who pulled away from the Orioles to capture a 7-3 victory in front of an announced 36,189 at
TropicanaFieldonSaturday. “I would have liked to get that
callbecauseI felt likethat’sexactly where I wanted to put it on him, but you got to be able to be tough in this game because you aren’t going tobe able to get everything,” said Matusz. “I got to be able to come back and repeat that pitch andIdidn’t. Imissedupandabove the zone.” AdamJones had given theOri-
oles a 3-0 lead with a three-run homer in the third, but Rays’ pitching—first starter Andy Son- nanstine and then relievers Lance Cormier, JoaquinBenoit andRan- dy Choate — retired 19 straight batters before Matt Wieters’ one- outdoubleintheninth.Theyman- agedjust fourhits for the game. The Rays, meanwhile, had 15
hits, obviously none bigger than Shoppach’s blast. Shoppach, a backupcatcher,hadjustonehome
run on the season and only one extra-basehit since June 30,when he sent a Matusz 90 mph letter- high fastball into the left-field seats. It was Tampa Bay’s first home runby a right-handedhitter since Aug. 5, and that was also a grand slam off the bat of pinch hitter JasonBartlett. Shoppachadded anotherhom-
er in the eighth, a solo shot off Alfredo Simon. “Hitting the grand slam really
opened up the flood gates,” said Rays manager Joe Maddon. “It brought the momentum back to our side.” The Rays, who trailed 3-0 be-
fore the bottomof the fourth and had been shut out by the Orioles for 12 consecutive innings, con- nectedforsixhitsandawalkinthe decisive fourth inning offMatusz. The Oriole starter got out of the fourth onlywhen Jones threw out
B.J. Upton trying to score on Carl Crawford’s flyout to center field. However, he didn’t come out for the fifth, having given up five earned runs on nine hits and two walks over four innings. He’s now 4-12, tied with team-
mateKevinMillwoodfor themost losses in the American League, and he will carry a 5.28 ERA into hisnext start.Thepoor start inter- rupted not only a great run by the Orioles’ rotation — they had got- ten 10 quality starts in 11 games since manager Buck Showalter took over — but the momentum thatMatusz had built in his previ- ous two outings. He had allowed just tworuns in12inningsoverhis previous two starts after a stretch where he surrendered 18 earned runs, 19 hits and 13 walks in four starts spanning just 13 innings.
—TheBaltimore Sun
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