Nationals 2014 Game 41: Captura Preti

Highest Leverage PA:     1.7, PA#7, Werth single vs Niese, Nationals' 1st.
                         1.7, PA#65, Wright K vs Clippard, Mets' 8th.
Highest LI Win Value:    .090, PA#50, Duda GDP vs Detwiler, Mets' 6th.
QMAX rating:             (3,4) for Roark (Success Square).
Bullpen Award:           Hero's Palm for Jayson Werth!.

Batters' Aggregate LI Win Values:

Hairston       0.080
Werth          0.072
Rendon         0.055
Span           0.044
Moore          0.029
Ramos          0.001
Roark         -0.002
Dobbs         -0.005
McLouth       -0.010
Espinosa      -0.029
Desmond       -0.049

Last Friday's defeat of the Mets once again allowed my favourite National, Jayson Werth, to shine. However, it is also a game that demonstrates how quickly baseball contest can turn around with a lead of three runs or less. Had it been up to Rafael Soriano alone, the Mets would have tied the game. In this case, Soriano got a save that should have gone to Werth.

New National Greg Dobbs is perhaps treated unfairly in this game. His timely hit scored him a bit, but being thrown out at home took him into negative territory on my LI Win Values. Was that really his fault?