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Church Brings Down the House<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
The Nats found a way to make runs and beat Pittsburgh, 5 – 4 to finish the road trip a solid 5 – 4. RF Jose Guillen<\/b> continued making his previous teams pay for letting him go by hitting another two home runs. C Brian Schneider<\/b> got the GWRBI in the eighth on a bloop single. Jamie Carroll<\/b> got a crucial run in a botched pick-off attempt<\/b><\/a> (Gene Collier<\/b> of the Post-Gazette<\/i>)Guillen. P John Patterson<\/b> settled down after early trouble to pitch 6 1\/3 innings. Hector Carrasco<\/b> got the win for 1 1\/3 innings of work and Chad Cordero<\/b> got his MLB leading 23 save.<\/p>\n

More from The Wash Times<\/i>: Church is savior in ninth for Nats<\/b><\/a>, Post-Gazette<\/i>: The Pirates lose another, face four vs. Cardinals<\/b><\/a>, <\/p>\n

Boxscore<\/b><\/a> – ESPN.com<\/i><\/p>\n

NATIONALS NOTEBOOK<\/b> – Benched Castilla Has ‘Tired Bat’<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
After a great start, Vinny Castilla<\/b> is playing down to the blogosphere’s offseason expectations. He was given yesterday off for a “tired bat.” Also, Esteban Loaiza<\/b> expects to be ready to go on Friday vs. Toronto.<\/p>\n
Castilla sits, gets help to fix swing<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
More on Castilla as well as Gary Majewski<\/b> who is having to adjust to getting used more in the majors than the minors.<\/p>\n
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Pirates starter Josh Fogg<\/b> got his gameface on for last night’s world premiere<\/b><\/a> (Tribune-Review<\/i>) of George Romero’s “Land of the Dead” in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
Managing the issues: Nationals GM Jim Bowden<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Examiner<\/i>
I will admit that i did not have time to read Jim Bowden’s<\/b> column this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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