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Diving Kearns Can't Snare Winning Hit: Astros 6, Nationals 5 Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 7, 2008; Page E01
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Ay Ay Ay, Ayala!
The Nationals Enquirer —
"I think he had to take a shot. You're on the road. You're trying to play to win...It shouldn't have gotten to that point." (Manny Acta, via Washington Post, 5/7/2008) Astros 6, Nats 5: Luis Ayala's two out, eighth inning implosion seals see-saw loss. And don't forget Saul Rivera. Kearns goes from hero to goat in a matter of seconds.
Meanwhile...
Last call Friday ...
Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda
We've Got Heart —
... After a back and forth night the Nats dropped the first game in the series to the Astros with a final score of 6-5. Last night’s game was one of the most bizarre I have seen this season. Shawn Hill seemed to be off all night. Hill threw 5 1/3 innings but it took him 107 pitches to do it. He gave up eight hits and allowed three runs. Hill seemed to be working awfully hard, he just wasn’t on his game. ...
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Astros 6, Nationals 5 —
NYT > Baseball 5/7/2008
HOUSTON (AP) -- Carlos Lee had the go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning and Lance Berkman had a career-high five hits to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.
The one that got away -- and Where are they now? —
Nationals Journal 5/7/2008
What if Austin Kearns had snared Carlos Lee's liner? What if Luis Ayala had wasted an 0-2 pitch? What if Lastings Milledge could break right on Lance Berkman's ball in the seventh? What if Saul Rivera didn't balk? What if Lance Berkman hadn't gone 5 ...
R.I.P. Capitol Punishment, 2004-08 —
Nationals Journal 5/7/2008
More than a year ago, I wrote a story about what seemed to me to be the inordinate number of Nationals blogs given the team's profile nationally and even in DC. Anyone who reads this space closely knows that, of all those blogs (and there are several ...
Lineups from Houston —
Nationals Journal 5/7/2008
Just before I head to the clubhouse. Washington: Lopez -- 4 Guzman -- 6 Zimmerman -- 5 Johnson -- 3 Milledge -- 8 Kearns -- 9 Lo Duca -- 2 Pena -- 7 Perez -- 1 (Or the same as yesterday, except for Perez.) Houston: Bourn -- 8 Matsui -- 4 Tejada -- 6 ...
