WASHINGTON 4 Florida 3 (CBS Sports Boxscore)

Flores Hits Game-Winner in 9th – The Post

Small crowd watches big rally – The Wash. Times

C Jesus Flores had a two out, two run double in the ninth inning. Even before last night’s heroics, the future of the rule 5 acquisition was being reconsidered. The conventional thinking was that would spend next year in the minors so that he could catch every day, but Jim Bowden is at least considering keeping him in the majors.

Shawn Hill pitched 6 1/3 “unacceptable” innings, giving up three runs on eleven hits. Chris Schroeder got the win.

Only 15,611 tickets were sold for last night’s game. The Nats are on a pace to draw less than 2 million. Perhaps badmouthing RFK Stadium at every possible opportunity was not the best decision for Stan Kasten to make.

The Nats are two wins away from exceeding my expectations for the season in the curly W column.

Phil Wood of The Wash. Examiner notes that the Nats can still accomplish many goals this season.

Is Ray King the new Mike Stanton? He got traded to Milwaukee (The Post) yesterday for a player to be named later (The Wash. Times).

Centerplate is officially the new ballpark concessionaire (The Wash. Examiner). As mentioned earlier, they have made San Francisco’s ballpark (I’m not naming it, because it will probably change before the end of the day) the best place for food in the majors. However, it also handles the concessions at FedEx Field and the convention center.

The company plans to incorporate ingredients from local farmers, cheesemakers and butchers, he said. There also will be D.C.-centric items such as cherry pies (to represent the cherry blossom trees) and seafood, as well as the aforementioned half smokes. The company also is investigating partnerships with local restaurants to provide fare.

This sounds promising, but if they hire the same idiots who work at RFK, it won’t matter that half-smokes are on the menu; you still won’t be able to get them.

Mike Bacsik and his wife Sue distributed donated school supplies (nationals.com) to students at Kimball Elementary School. He admitted to being a Cowboys fan to the students, leading to some discussion.