{"id":4434,"date":"2009-08-03T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/08\/nats-end-four-game-losing-streak-with-win-over-pirates.html"},"modified":"2009-08-03T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T09:03:00","slug":"nats-end-four-game-losing-streak-with-win-over-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/08\/nats-end-four-game-losing-streak-with-win-over-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats end four game losing streak with win over Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/08\/02\/AR2009080200737.html?wprss=rss_sports\/nationals\"><b>In It Until the End, Nats Rally Against Pittsburgh<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/aug\/03\/clutch-hits-add-up-to-a-crisp-victory\/\"><b>Clutch hits add up to a crisp victory<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Wash. Times<\/i><br \/>Before seemingly every Nats blogger except me, the Nationals played the Pirates in Pittsburgh this weekend. The first two were lost with <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">John Lannan<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Craig Stammen<\/span> not pitching too well. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Lastings Milledge<\/span> of all people had the GWRBI (unofficially, of course) in both games. You had to figure that would happen, no? Enjoy it Buccos, it won&#8217;t last.<\/p>\n<p>Having already lost the season series (costing me a bottle of Gentleman Jack to TMBC &#8212; he still owes me the semi-rare 90 proof Old Rip Van Winkle 10 years old from last year&#8217;s Nats victory) they came out yesterday and at least made it respectable. Collin Balestar had his best outing of his young season (ever?), giving up 2 runs over 5 2\/3&#8217;s innings. He stayed ahead of the count with great regularity until the end. His strong effort was not enough though, as the Nats were still down 2-1 when he left. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Josh Willingham<\/span> changed that with a two-run blast in the seventh off of Pirates starter <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Paul Maholm<\/span>. Delwyn Young responded with a solo shot of his own in the bottom of the inning, but that would be it for the home team. Willingham doubled home <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Ryan Zimmerman<\/span> in the 8th for the final run of the game, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">final score 5-3 Washington<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Pirate <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sean Burnett<\/span> picked up the win in relief.<\/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\/PittsburghPirates\" rel=\"tag\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/JoshWillingham\" rel=\"tag\">Josh Willingham<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In It Until the End, Nats Rally Against Pittsburgh &#8211; The PostClutch hits add up to a crisp victory &#8211; The Wash. TimesBefore seemingly every Nats blogger except me, the Nationals played the Pirates in Pittsburgh this weekend. The first two were lost with John Lannan and Craig Stammen not pitching too well. 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