Washington 8 CINCINNATI 4 (ESPN Boxscore)

2B Felipe Lopez had six RBI last night, including the game winning grand slam off of Jon Coutlangus in the eighth, to tie the series with the Reds, his former team. He says that they are just another opponnet though. ESPN named him “Top Performer” for his 3 for 5 6 RBI game.

Matt Chico pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up four runs. The bullpen held the Reds scorless for the last 3 1/2 innings. Jesus Colome picked up his fourth win with two innings of work. He leads the staff with 4 wins which makes me wonder if he is the next Lee Gutterman.

Nationals’ Lopez Drills Ex-Mates – The Post

Lopez makes a grand return – The Wash. Times

Bench coach Pat Corrales is bring the concept of pitching to the defense to the Nationals.

In Atlanta, then-pitching coach Leo Mazzone liked his pitchers to throw down and away, so the vast majority of outfield shifts were to the opposite field. Kearns, for one, said he never has played in an outfield that moved as much.

3B Ryan Zimmerman is improving at the plate (The Wash. Times). His average is now up around .250 and he has three home runs in recent days.

Justin Maxwell and Chris Marrero are playing well (The Post) at A-Hagerstown and could be on the ir way to high-A Potomac. GM Jim Bowden says most promotions will occur around midseason.

There was a Mike Stanton sighting last night.