Cope retirement inspires Pittsburgh to score 11 runs
Hanging Sinkers Get Drese the Hook – The Post
Last night’s game could not have started out better for the Nats with Brad Wilkerson hitting a leadoff homer. Then the bottom of the first happened, the Pirates got a couple of runs to take the lead. The Nats got the lead back in the third with another two runs, but so would Pittsburgh. The Pirates then kept scoring, finishing with 11 total runs. Ryan Drese had a rough night, allowing leadoff doubles seemingly every innning. All is not lost though, the Fleas lost too.
More from The Wash. Times: Drese fails to repeat stellar debut, Post-Gazette: Lawton’s 5 RBIs spark 11-4 win for shaky Perez
Boxscore – ESPN.com
Kim may start on two days’ rest – The Wash. Times
Nagging back injuries to pitchers John Patterson and Esteban Loaiza may force Frank Robinson to start Sunny Kim on two days rest.
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