Redlegs 12 Nats 3
Nats Strike Out, Go 0 for 3 Against Reds – The Post
The Nats got crushed yesterday afternoon in Cincy. Two of the Nats three runs were solo shots by Jose Guillen. P Claudio Vargas got the start and get destroyed. Hopefully, he is done in the rotation, he has been dreadful.
If there was any upside to yesterday’s game, it may have been the DirecTV missed the first 4 1/2 innings (The Wash. Times) of the bloodbath.
More from The Wash. Times: Battered Nationals skidding on road
Boxscore – ESPN.com
Powell Joins Group Bidding on Nationals – The Post
Former secretary of state Colin Powell has joined the Washington Baseball Club ownership group, one of eight groups known to be bidding on the Nationals. WBC hopes that Powell will “command respect” on Capitol Hill.
More from The Wash. Times: Powell joins Malek group
Godwin to bolster bench – The Wash. Times
More bench help is on the way.
On media: How MASN figures in the Nats sale – Jim Williams – The Wash. Examiner
Budding sports media columnist Jim Williams gets a cable industry consultant and a Wall Street reporter to go on the record on how the MASN situation might work out.