Washington Nationals struggle from the start again in 10-4 loss to Colorado Rockies – The Post
The consistently inconsistent Nats – The Wash. Times
A heavy-hearted win for Rockies over Washington – – Denver Post
The Washington Nationals starting pitching has been going to extremes lately. Saturday was a feast with Liván Hernández going the distance with a shutout. On Sunday, Jason Marquis couldn’t even get an out and gave up 7 runs. Monday, Craig Stammen gave the Nats 8 innings of 2-run ball. Last night against the Colorado Rockies Scott Olsen came up in the rotation and got a mere 6 outs and gave up 6 runs. Tyler Walker relieved him and promptly gave up four runs, but settled down and went a total of 3 innings. From the 6th inning on, the bullpen only gave up 2 hits and no runs.
Ryan Zimmerman hit a home run and Ian Desmond and Cristian Guzman both drove in runs to make the final score 10-4, Rockies.
Both teams are now 7-7. John Lannan is scheduled for D.C. tonight.
The Rockies were playing with heavy hearts yesterday, their president died – Denver Post.
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Contract extension talks with Adam Dunn are seemingly not occuring. He isn’t make much of a case with the bat either with a mere .279 slugging percentage. He OBP is a healthy .379 though.
Attendance last night was announced at over 15,000, about 4,000 more than the previous night. Let’s see what happens with the Capitals on tonight.
