{"id":3293,"date":"2008-05-26T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T12:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/05\/nats-bounce-back-with-win.html"},"modified":"2008-05-26T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-26T12:53:00","slug":"nats-bounce-back-with-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/05\/nats-bounce-back-with-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats bounce back with win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/25\/AR2008052501553.html\"><b>Dukes&#8217;s Patience Prevails<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080526\/SPORTS02\/655436380\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>Dukes&#8217; run finishes wild game for Nats<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2008\/052008\/05262008\/382492\"><b>Dukes&#8217; patience saves day after Nats blow six-run lead<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Free Lance-Star<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/index.aspx?id=754840\"><b>Once is not enough<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Journal Sentinel<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tim Redding<\/span> pitched five shutout innings, than came undone in the sixth. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Saul Rivera<\/span> couldn&#8217;t get it done either and 6-0 lead was lost. The Nats escaped when <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Elijah Dukes<\/span> scored on a wild pitch in the ninth of Milwaukee&#8217;s Guillermo Mota. <\/p>\n<p>The Nats have at least tied the series with the Brewers with a chance to win it today.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-1409001~Nats_put_up_their_Dukes.html\"><b>Nats put up their Dukes<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Examiner<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2008\/052008\/05252008\/382430\"><b>Dukes learns from hitting slump<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Free Lance-Star<\/i><br \/>Dukes may be turning the corner at the plate &#8212; he&#8217;s been batting under .100 most of the year, but over the last week he has taken some clutch walks. Against the Phillies, he walked in the ninth with two outs and got all the way to third before Felipe Lopez grounded out on the first pitch to end the game.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/25\/AR2008052502570.html?sid=ST2008052502621\"><b>Acta Believes Redding Could Be an All-Star<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Every team sends one player to the All-Star Game. Redding could be that player for Washington, despite innings like yesterday&#8217;s sixth.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksburg.com\/News\/FLS\/2008\/052008\/05262008\/382493\"><b>Lo Duca a little too gabby in TV debut<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Free Lance-Star<\/i><br \/>Injured C Paul Lo Duca went on MASN the other night and mentioned that Ryan Zimmerman is nursing a sore shoulder, not something that needed to be made public.<\/p>\n<p>Officially, Lo Duca is out with a broken hand, but I think the real reason he is not playing is that is difficult to catch with one&#8217;s foot attached to his uvula.<\/p>\n<p>If Lo Duca must stick around, can he please be cut on the penultimate day of the season? That&#8217;d be really sweet.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080526\/SPORTS02\/979050155\/1005\/SPORTS\"><b>Thriving in heightened role<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Each step along the way through the bullpen, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jon Rauch<\/span> has done well.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/25\/AR2008052502572.html?hpid=topnews\"><b>Sun Sets on Weekday Afternoon Games at Nationals Park<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>Today is the last &#8220;weekday&#8221; afternoon game at Nationals Park. Hopefully, now that the traffic nightmare predicted by many has been avoided, they can regularly play get away games in the midday sunshine.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/sports\/columnists\/20080525_On_Baseball__Playing_the_ballpark_rating_game.html\"><b>On Baseball: Playing the ballpark rating game<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Inky<\/i><br \/>Nationals Park is rated in the second tier of ballparks by this Philly scribe. That sounds about right, though it can move into the second tier with a changing neighborhood and the demolition of 20 M Street SE.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats lost yesterday and I didn&#8217;t blog about because it was Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/WashingtonNationals\" rel=\"tag\">Washington Nationals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/nats\" rel=\"tag\">Nats<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/MilwaukeeBrewers\" rel=\"tag\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/ElijahDukes\" rel=\"tag\">Elijah Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dukes&#8217;s Patience Prevails &#8211; The PostDukes&#8217; run finishes wild game for Nats &#8211; The Wash. TimesDukes&#8217; patience saves day after Nats blow six-run lead &#8211; The Free Lance-StarOnce is not enough &#8211; Journal SentinelTim Redding pitched five shutout innings, than came undone in the sixth. Saul Rivera couldn&#8217;t get it done either and 6-0 lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[1222],"class_list":["post-3293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsmlb-2008","tag-nats"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nats bounce back with win - William F. 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