{"id":9864,"date":"2010-08-25T06:45:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-25T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=9864"},"modified":"2010-08-25T06:45:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-25T10:45:16","slug":"mr-walk-off-comes-12-feet-short-nats-fall-to-cubs-5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/08\/mr-walk-off-comes-12-feet-short-nats-fall-to-cubs-5-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Walk-Off comes 12 feet short; Nats fall to Cubs 5-4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/08\/24\/AR2010082406580_2.html?sid=ST2010082500047\"><b>Washington Nationals&#8217; rally in ninth falls short in 5-4 loss to Chicago Cubs<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Post<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/natsinsider.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/chance-for-drama-falls-flat.html\"><b>A chance for drama falls flat<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Nats Insider<\/i><br \/>\nThe table was set for another <strong>Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> walk-off home run. He came to the plate with a runner on second, down by two in the bottom of the 9th. The Washington Nationals had come to life in the 9th, scoring three times on the Chicago Cubs closer <strong>Carlos Marmol<\/strong>. The Nats had the most prolific walk-off hitter of the last five years at the plate with two outs. Zimmerman connected with a Marmol pitch and sent deep to the right field corner, the opposite field. It was not deep enough though and <strong>Kosuke Fukudome<\/strong> caught it on the run. Another 12 feet and it would have cleared the fence and Natstown would have erupted in celebration. It reminds me of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/05\/410.html\"><strong>a previous Nats vs. Cubs game in 2005, the first meeting between the two teams<\/strong><\/a>. Down 6-3, <strong>Jose Guillen<\/strong> came to the plate the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth. He hit a shot to just about the same spot in right, about 12 feet short of the RFK Stadium  fence and the Nats lost. Had it gone over, I think we&#8217;d still be celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>The Nats got in the hole courtesy of two bad <strong>John Lannan<\/strong> sliders that landed in the seats. Is there still a SINE SORIANO 1!!!!1! crowd? The could say &#8220;I told you so&#8221; after <strong>Alfonso Soriano<\/strong>, owner of the single finest individual season by a Nat (2006), hit a 3-run homer in the 2nd inning. He was on 1st aftera  throwing error two innings later when <strong>Tyler Colvin<\/strong> put another slider over the wall.<\/p>\n<p>Lannan&#8217;s opposite number, <strong>Carlos Zambrano<\/strong> was much more successful. 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