{"id":2315,"date":"2007-08-08T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/08\/nats-give-up-but-win-8-6.html"},"modified":"2007-08-08T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-08T10:14:00","slug":"nats-give-up-but-win-8-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/08\/nats-give-up-but-win-8-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats give up *, but win 8-6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Washington 8 SAN FRANCISCO 6<\/span> (<i>CBS Sportsline<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/cbs.sportsline.com\/mlb\/gamecenter\/boxscore\/MLB_20070807_WAS@SF\"><b>Boxscore<\/b><\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Barry Bonds<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/08\/07\/AR2007080702301.html?hpid=artslot\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">hit his 756th career homer<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Post<\/span>) last night and still <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">LOST<\/span>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/08\/08\/AR2007080800120.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mike Bascik goes down in history<\/span><\/a>(<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Post<\/span>) as the one who threw the pitch that became 756. He joked the other day that he and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Al Downing<\/span> were to get together and play cards if he gave up 756. In an odd coincidence (I&#8217;m sure somebody will mistakenly say its &#8220;ironic&#8221;) <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Mike Bascik, Sr.<\/span> faced Hank Aaron when he was sitting on 755 homers. The elder, obviously, kept Aaron from hitting it out. Speaking of Aaron, he congratulated Bonds via video. The scene in the stands <a href=\"http:\/\/sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2007\/08\/07\/BAGCNRER6T9.DTL&amp;tsp=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">wasn&#8217;t pretty<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">SF Chronicle<\/span>) and not just because a guy in a Mets jersey got the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bonds breaks Aaron&#039;s record with No. 756\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cL3vNXIsEPM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Bud Selig<\/span> wasn&#8217;t there, but we knew he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/08\/06\/AR2007080601629.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">wouldn&#8217;t have the character<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Post<\/span>) to be there and face the music. I wish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/02\/no-more-googlebombs.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Google-bombs<\/span><\/a> still worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nats victory was of the comeback variety. The Giants lead 6-4 in the eighth, but <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Nook Logan<\/span> knocked in <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Austin Kearns<\/span> with one out on a single. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tony &#8220;all he does is hit&#8221; Batista<\/span> sent advanced both runners on base, setting the table for <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Felipe Lopez<\/span> to knock in Logan. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ryan Zimmerman<\/span> sacrificed Batista home and the Nats had a two run lead. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Chad Cordero<\/span> got three consecutive outs to earn his 24th save. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Kevin Correia<\/span> took the loss for San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lopez, Kearns and Schneider all homered off of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Barry Zito<\/span> earlier in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/article\/20070808\/SPORTS\/108080095\/1005\/sports\"><b>756, at last<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whoop-de-woo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/08\/07\/AR2007080702105.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dmitri Young is not impressed<\/span><\/a> (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Post<\/span>). &#8220;It would nice if he just talked to someone.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American hero, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">John Lannan<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/article\/20070808\/SPORTS02\/108080094\/1005\/sports\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">is off to a pretty good start<\/span><\/a> (<i>The Wash. Times<\/i>) in the majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/article\/20070808\/SPORTS02\/108080079\/1005\/sports\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Nationals report<\/span><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dick Heller<\/span> writes about an Arlington grandfather <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/article\/20070808\/SPORTS08\/108080077\/1005\/sports\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">taking his grandkids to a Nats game<\/span><\/a> (<i>The Wash. Times<\/i>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington 8 SAN FRANCISCO 6 (CBS Sportsline Boxscore) Barry Bonds hit his 756th career homer (The Post) last night and still LOST. Mike Bascik goes down in history(The Post) as the one who threw the pitch that became 756. 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