Baltimore 5 WASHINGTON 4 (ESPN Boxscore)

P Jason Simontacchi got into trouble in the fourth and fifth innings, giving up one and then two runs. The Nats came within one with Dimitri Young‘s 2 run shot, his fourth, but Saul Rivera gave up another two runs out of the bullpen. Ryan Zimmerman hit his fourth homer of the year to bring the Nats within one again.

In the ninth with a runner on and two outs Cristian Guzman walked, putting the winning run at first base. Zimmerman couldn’t get either runner home though, lining hard to left to end the game.

Nats’ Comeback Falls Short – The Post
Big hit fails to arrive – The Wash. Times
O’s skid ends down I-95 – The Sun

Dick Heller notes that this isn’t much of a rivalry and it should have been called “Battle of the Parkway.” I suppose that would be better than Battle of the Beltway, though Battle of the Beltways would be fine. Semantics, I know.

The Reds finally filed a grievance (The Post) on the Gary Majewski trade.

Jason Bergmann is the latest Nats starter sent to the DL (The Wash. Times). Mike Bacsik, who had a strong 2006 season in AAA while still in the Arizona organization, will get the start today…John Patterson is making progress after his recent arm trouble.

Ray King likes to have it his way (The Wash. Times).

Play it again // Orioles 5, Nationals 4 – The Sun

How many times do you think Don Sutton is going to say “Oreos” during this series?