An afternoon of flipping between channels has ended mixed. Down at the Navy Yard station, The Nationals finally won again, 5-4 over Atlanta. They had lost nine in a row. Tim Redding gave up 3 runs over 5 2/3 (I think) innings. Tom Glavine left in the first for Atlanta with the bases loaded and no outs, two runs would score off of him. Chad Cordero loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, setting up an one pitch save for Jon Rauch.
Four stops up the Green Line at Gallery Place/Chinatown, the Capitals were dominated by the Flyers. The Flyers scored twice in the first and kept the Caps from developing any team cohesion. The series is tied at 1-1 and headed to Philly. I’m not too worried yet; I kind of expected them to split the first two, though I thought the order would be reversed. By the way, Wiley agreed to the wager I proposed, even when his Flyers were down by a game.
The Nats snapped a nine-game losing streak, while the Caps’ eight game winning sreak ended.
