WASHINGTON 5 Colorado 4 (CBS Sportsline Boxscore)

D’Angelo Jimenez had one mere hit in 25 at-bats with the Nationals prior to last night when he was called to pinch hit in the 10th inning. The Nats had come back from an early 4-1 deficit to tie it up in the eighth and ultimately send the game to extra innings. RF Austin Kerns singled in the bottom of the 10th and was moved to second by C Brian Schneider. A wild pitch followed, putting Kerns ninety feet away from the plate. Jimenez came through for on the second time as a National and the ball game was over.

The bullpen was stellar, retiring the last 13 Colorado batters. Jon Rauch got the win.

Jimenez Has At-Bat That’s Above His Average – The Post

Jimenez comes through in pinch – The Wash. Times

If you are worried about Chad Cordero being traded to a conternder, you may not need to be; the Nationals are asking too much for his services (The Post).

Da Meathook got the hook — Dimitri Young was ejected for arguing a called third strike. Both sides seemed to have itchy trigger fingers in the altercation with the ejection occurring before anybody knew what was going on.

Jason Simontacchi has elbow tendinitis, so Billy Traber will take the mound in his place tonight. It will be the first start of the year for Traber who has worked out of the bullpen this year.

1st round draft pick Ross Detwiller struck out two, walked none, and gave up two hits and no runs in his pro debut with the GCL Nationals.

A Ronnie Belliard Q&A with nationals.com was published yesterday.

I couldn’t find Ryan Zimmerman’s weekly column.