{"id":2080,"date":"2007-05-14T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/05\/sweep-nats-take-out-marlins.html"},"modified":"2007-05-14T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T09:55:00","slug":"sweep-nats-take-out-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/05\/sweep-nats-take-out-marlins\/","title":{"rendered":"SWEEP! Nats take out Marlins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday: WASHINGTON 6 Florida 4 (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ESPN<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270513120\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boxscore<\/span><\/a>)<br \/>Saturday: WASHINGTON 7 Florida 3 (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ESPN<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270512120\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boxscore<\/span><\/a>)<br \/>Friday: WASHINGTON 6 Florida 0 (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">ESPN<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270511120\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Boxscore<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Things are looking up. After having another week long losing streak, the Nats came home and took care of business this weekend, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/13\/AR2007051300818.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">taking the Marlins out in a three-game series<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>). Good things happen when you score six runs or more most of the time. Given that the Nats pitching has been a strong point of late (it feels weird saying that, doesn&#8217;t it?) the bats waking up would mean some curly W&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Jason Simontacchi got <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070514-011330-8737r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">his first win since 2003<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>), going 5 1\/3 innings. Cristian Guzman got his first RBI since 2005 too. Six players <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20070513&#038;content_id=1962356&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">used pink bats<\/span><\/a> (<i>nationals.com<\/i>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Church<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Robert Fick<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jesus Flores<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Cristian Guzman<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Austin Kearns<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Zimmerman<\/span> used the bats and went a combined 7-for-22 (.318) with four RBIs. Flores and Guzman drove in two runs apiece to help the Nationals win, 6-4.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mitchell Page<\/span> out as hitting coach for the foreseeable future (if not forever), <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Lenny Harris<\/span>, a former Red (imagine that), is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070511-115804-1210r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">filling in as hitting coach<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>). Page is apparently <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20070511&#038;content_id=1958670&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was&#038;partnered=rss_was\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">having trouble with the left side of his body<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">nationals.com<\/span>), not alcoholism.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night&#8217;s game was delayed by a couple of rain delays. Only a few fans were left to see Zimmerman hit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/13\/AR2007051300123.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">a walkoff grand slam in the ninth<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>). That is at least three grand slams in his career so far and his second against the Marlins this season.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chad Cordero<\/span> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/13\/AR2007051301158.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">scheduled to return to the Nats for tonight&#8217;s game<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Post<\/span>). His grandmother passed away last week and he has been on bereavement leave.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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