Riggleman Isn’t Ready to Throw in the Towel – The Post
Riggleman still plans to stick mostly with veterans – The Wash. Times
Nationals manager Jim Riggleman hasn’t played Ian Desmond yet, the only potential position player prospect that the Nats have called up. He’d rather not upset Cristian Guzman (owed something like $8 million next year) or the other veterans. Huh? How does this make sense? The Nats are the worst team in the league! Play for the future!

More details from Nationals Journal and Chatter.

Nats Fight Hard, Fall Short – The Post
Madson gets the call, finishes off Nationals – The Wash. Times
Another hard fought loss to the Phillies, Washington’s 12th in 14 games this year. They had a chance to win at the end, but a game-ending double play by Adam Dunn ended it.

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