When you put up a touchdown and two field goals in the first three innings the rest of the game becomes a lot easier.<\/p>\n
Such was the lesson for my hometown Washington Nationals yesterday afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Nats scored 16 runs while socking eight home runs in the game, tying a franchise record. This, mere hours after\u00a0surrendering<\/em> eight homers (that’s got to be a record) in a devastating 14-inning loss against those same Brewers. (The final score of that one was 15-14. Damn those Brewers and their two-point conversion.)<\/p>\n Don’t look now but the Nationals have some breathing room in the NL Wild Card race. They are a full game and a half up on the Cubs for the top Wild Card spot, and three and a half up on the Brewers, Mets, and Phillies, who sit tied for sixth overall. Each team in that trio is 64-60, meaning the Nats (67-56) sit four up in the loss column. That’s called sittin’ pretty.<\/p>\n Tuesday, October 1st: Wild Card… book it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you put up a touchdown and two field goals in the first three innings the rest of the game becomes a lot easier. Such was the lesson for my hometown Washington Nationals yesterday afternoon against the Milwaukee Brewers. The … Continue reading