AT LEAST LOAIZA DIDN’T GET THE LOSS
Flushing Meadows 5 Capitol Hill 2
Nats Take A Tumble In the 10th – The Post
Esteban Loazia pitched pretty well, getting 7 Ks in 7 innings. Naturally, the two runs he gave up were pretty much an insurmountable deficit for the Nats to overcome while he was still in the game.
The Nats did came back in the ninth though. 3B Dutch Zimmerman (3 for 4) got on with a single. Two batters later, PH Carlos Baerga hit one out to the tie the game.
Sadly, folk hero Rick Short is out for the year (nationals.com) with a partially dislocated shoulder. Hopefully, he can recover and be retained by the Nats next year. We could use that bat.
More from The Wash. Times: Nats move closer to last
Boxscore – ESPN.com
THOMAS BOSWELL – Beware The Buyer – The Post
While I would like to see local ownership, I do not think it is worth burning down the house if Jeff Smulyan is awarded the franchise. People much more powerful than me disagree though.
Guillen gets one-game suspension – The Wash. Times
The official fallout from Jose Guillen’s latest tantrum.
More from The Post: NATIONALS NOTEBOOK – Guillen Is Suspended For One Game