Church Brings Down the House – The Post
The Nats found a way to make runs and beat Pittsburgh, 5 – 4 to finish the road trip a solid 5 – 4. RF Jose Guillen continued making his previous teams pay for letting him go by hitting another two home runs. C Brian Schneider got the GWRBI in the eighth on a bloop single. Jamie Carroll got a crucial run in a botched pick-off attempt (Gene Collier of the Post-Gazette)Guillen. P John Patterson settled down after early trouble to pitch 6 1/3 innings. Hector Carrasco got the win for 1 1/3 innings of work and Chad Cordero got his MLB leading 23 save.
More from The Wash Times: Church is savior in ninth for Nats, Post-Gazette: The Pirates lose another, face four vs. Cardinals,
Boxscore – ESPN.com
NATIONALS NOTEBOOK – Benched Castilla Has ‘Tired Bat’ – The Post
After a great start, Vinny Castilla is playing down to the blogosphere’s offseason expectations. He was given yesterday off for a “tired bat.” Also, Esteban Loaiza expects to be ready to go on Friday vs. Toronto.
Castilla sits, gets help to fix swing – The Wash. Times
More on Castilla as well as Gary Majewski who is having to adjust to getting used more in the majors than the minors.
Pirates starter Josh Fogg got his gameface on for last night’s world premiere (Tribune-Review) of George Romero’s “Land of the Dead” in Pittsburgh.
Managing the issues: Nationals GM Jim Bowden – The Wash. Examiner
I will admit that i did not have time to read Jim Bowden’s column this morning.