{"id":17648,"date":"2012-05-18T06:59:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=17648"},"modified":"2012-05-18T06:59:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T10:59:46","slug":"mccutchen-pirates-beat-nats-take-season-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/05\/mccutchen-pirates-beat-nats-take-season-series\/","title":{"rendered":"McCutchen, Pirates beat Nats, take season series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Bureau Chief Emeritus drew first blood in a duel of reverse jinx texts last night. Curses, he was one step ahead of me! His prediction of a 3-2 Washington Nationals win over the Pittsburgh Pirates was not what I had wanted to see. I replied back that the Nats would probably lose 2-1, because <strong>Jordan Zimmermann<\/strong> never got run support. The back and forth continued through the evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James McDonald<\/strong> struck the Nats out 11 times. He was perfect until <strong>Bryce Harper<\/strong> walked in the 5th inning. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew McCutchen <\/strong>continued to be nightmare fuel for the Nats, hitting 2 home runs last night. Why do they pitch to him? At least he won&#8217;t be seen around here <em>until the playoffs<\/em>. TMBCE said if McCutchen played the Nats all season he&#8217;d hit 50 home runs. I countered that he&#8217;d hit 80. He also had a robbed <strong>Adam LaRoche<\/strong> (who was killing the Pirates this season) at the wall in right center.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats finally got going in the 6th with back to back doubles by <strong>Jesus Flores<\/strong> and <strong>Stephen Lombardozzi<\/strong>. <strong>Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> went the other way for a 2 RBI, 2 out hit. The Nats had life again!  LaRoche tripled (just a few feet short of a home run) to send Zimmerman home. Then the Nats stopped scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Washington had a chance in the ninth &#8212; you always have a chance against <strong>Joel Hanrahan<\/strong> and put two runners on. Ian Desmond struck out for the fourth time to end the game and earn the golden sombrero. He continues to be frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>So, the Pirates took the season series, the Nats lost another final game of a series with a chance to<em> sweep<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I owe TMBCE a half-smoke.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Orioles come down the B\/W Parkway tonight for a weekend inter-league series. More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maryland Bureau Chief Emeritus drew first blood in a duel of reverse jinx texts last night. Curses, he was one step ahead of me! His prediction of a 3-2 Washington Nationals win over the Pittsburgh Pirates was not what I had wanted to see. 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