{"id":21368,"date":"2013-05-13T06:56:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T10:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=21368"},"modified":"2013-05-13T06:56:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T10:56:11","slug":"why-do-the-nats-and-caps-hate-mothers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/05\/why-do-the-nats-and-caps-hate-mothers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do the Nats and Caps hate Mother&#8217;s Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, it all started out well with <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=27017247&#038;c_id=mlb\">the Washington Nationals taking game 1 of the weekend series over the Chicago Cubs 7-2<\/a> (mlb.com video) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/video.capitals.nhl.com\/videocenter\/console?hlg=20122013,3,135&#038;cmpid=embed-share-video\">Washington Capitals taking game 5 over the New York Rangers, 2-1<\/a> (nhl.com video).<\/p>\n<p>The good times would only last until Saturday&#8217;s fifth inning, when, after dominating, Stephen Strasburg came completely undone. A Ryan Zimmerman error was followed by a walk, then an Edwin Jackson (his revenge!) double, followed by a walk, followed by a single. Four runs were home and the game was effectively over. Zach Duke just threw gasoline on the fire and the <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=27038955&#038;c_id=mlb\">Cubs won 8-2<\/a> (mlb.com video) .<\/p>\n<p>Sunday also started out promising &#8211; <strong>Gio Gonzalez<\/strong> retired the first 15 batters. Zimmerman drove in an early run. After 7 innings, the Nats were beating the Cubs 1-0. Then <strong>Drew Storen<\/strong> replaced Gonzalez and gave up a run. Then in the ninth, Rafael Soriano couldn&#8217;t get it done and Kurt Suzuki made an error that led to the winning Cubs run. <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=27078309&#038;c_id=mlb\">Cubs take the game and series 2-1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was no better, the Caps couldn&#8217;t get on the powerplay once, while the Rangers did 5 times. <a href=\"http:\/\/video.capitals.nhl.com\/videocenter\/console?hlg=20122013,3,136&#038;cmpid=embed-share-video\">The Rags won 2-1<\/a> (nhl.com video), forcing Game 7, tonight at 8 p.m. (have fun beat writers!) in D.C. The Nats are out on the West Coast for the next week too, so no games before 10 p.m. We&#8217;ll have to console ourselves with this great <em>Post<\/em> feature on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/special\/sports\/bryce-harper-swing-of-beauty\/\">Bryce Harper&#8217;s swing<\/a>. (By the way, Bryce, you can start hitting again.)<\/p>\n<p>When it comes down to it, the Cubs and Rangers just love their moms more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, it all started out well with the Washington Nationals taking game 1 of the weekend series over the Chicago Cubs 7-2 (mlb.com video) and the Washington Capitals taking game 5 over the New York Rangers, 2-1 (nhl.com video). 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