No Lowe: Nationals 8, Mets 1

Game Result

SB Nation Coverage

* Boxscore
* Amazin' Avenue Gamethread
* Federal Baseball Gamethread

Recap

• Oliver Perez's ERA is now 9.31. He has allowed more earned runs than innings pitched. This is a new low, even for him. Insert Derek Lowe comment here: ____________________________
• David Wright whiffed three more times, giving him 23 punchouts in 18 games. He does have eleven walks, but just five extra-base hits.
• Jesus Flores raised his OPS 130 points on Sunday. Brian Schneider: still hurt.
• Brian Stokes threw fourteen pitches, thirteen for strikes. He has yet to allow a run in 9.1 innings.
• Omir Santos went 1-for-4, dropping his average below .300, probably forever.
• Pedro Feliciano has ten strikeouts and just two walks in 7.0 innings over ten appearances.

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Win Probability Added

Big winners: Carlos Delgado, +6.1% WPA, Ryan Church, +4.5% WPA
Big losers: Oliver Perez, -31.9% WPA, Carlos Beltran, -7.8% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Delgado RBI triple in first, +10.2% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Flores two-run homer in second, -14.0% WPA
Total pitcher WPA: -35.8% WPA
Total batter WPA: -14.1% WPA
GWRBI!: Jesus Flores

Game Thread Roll Call

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