{"id":2159,"date":"2007-06-14T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/06\/nats-blow-lead-but-still-beat-angelo-in-extras.html"},"modified":"2007-06-14T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T09:35:00","slug":"nats-blow-lead-but-still-beat-angelo-in-extras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/06\/nats-blow-lead-but-still-beat-angelo-in-extras\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats blow lead, but still beat Angelo$ in extras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington 9 BALTIMORE 6 (<i>ESPN<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/mlb\/boxscore?gameId=270613101\"><b>Boxscore<\/b><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Behind another solid <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Matt Chico<\/span> outing, the Nats went to the ninth with the lead. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Chad Cordero<\/span> couldn&#8217;t save it though and the game went to extra innings. After arguing a strike call, 2B <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Felipe Lopez<\/span> hit a triple that cleared the bases and provided the margin of victory.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has now clinched at least a tie in the season series with a chance to win it tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/13\/AR2007061302468.html?hpid=moreheadlines\"><b>Nats Blow It, Then Blow It Open<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070614-123626-3447r.htm\"><b>Lopez, Nats keep cool<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n<p>One Baltimore columnist is already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/sports\/baseball\/bal-sp.steele14jun14,0,5754750.column?coll=bal-sports-baseball\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">counting down the days until Ravens training camp<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Sun<\/span>). Ha!<\/p>\n<p>Lopez is having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/06\/13\/AR2007061302313.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">better at bats<\/span><\/a> since moving behind SS <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Cristian Guzman<\/span> in the batting order. Guzman hasn&#8217;t many hits to show for his new spot, but he walked three times last night. In fact, the top of the order did well overall last night, scoring five runs. RF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Austin Kearns<\/span> and 1B <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Robert Fick<\/span> also scored one, while CF <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Langerhans<\/span> scored two, including a solo shot in the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Fick is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070613-115723-6413r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">playing with a heavy heart<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) because his mother is dying of cancer in California. Despite his poor production, the Nationals are standing by him during his tough time.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s pitching, pitching, pitching news is a little bit encouraging with <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">John Patterson<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jason Bergmann<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jerome Williams<\/span> all scheduled to pitch in the minors tomorrow. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Shawn Hill<\/span> will throw for the first time since a follow-up exam on his right elbow and left shoulder.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Bowden<\/span> has a &#8220;column&#8221; in <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Examiner<\/span> called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-779926~Nats_could_be_buyers_or_sellers.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Nats could be buyers or sellers<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A resurgent <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Dimitri Young<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2007\/062007\/06142007\/292191\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">says he wants to stay in D.C.<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Free Lance-Star<\/span>), but realizes that may not happen.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/20070613-115724-5122r.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">open air pressbox<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Wash. Times<\/span>) at Camden Yards is problematic when it rains.<\/p>\n<p>I forgot to mention that Langerhans talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20070612&#038;content_id=2021063&#038;vkey=news_was&#038;fext=.jsp&#038;c_id=was\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">being traded to Oakland and Washington<\/span><\/a> recently on <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">nationals.com<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Admit it &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesenterprise.com\/sports\/local_story_164233130.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">you can&#8217;t get enough Levale Speigner coverage<\/span><\/a> from his hometown paper, <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">The Thomasville Times-Enterprise<\/span>, can you?<\/p>\n<p>The Nats can take the season series tonight with a win. Make it happen <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jason Simontacchi<\/span>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington 9 BALTIMORE 6 (ESPN Boxscore) Behind another solid Matt Chico outing, the Nats went to the ninth with the lead. Chad Cordero couldn&#8217;t save it though and the game went to extra innings. After arguing a strike call, 2B Felipe Lopez hit a triple that cleared the bases and provided the margin of victory. 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