Rockies 4, Nationals 3
The Nationals fell short despite a exciting 9th inning rally and lost to the Rockies 4-3. Jordan Zimmermann pitched another gem today, going 7 innings of 1 run, 3 hit baseball. The Rockies got their only run off of J-zimm in the 2nd and the Nats would take the lead in the 4th off an Ian Desmond 2 run homer.
In the 7th, Roger "the Shark" Bernadina came in and reached first base on a 2 out bunt. He stole second and was driven in by Lombo to get the Nats an insurance run going into the 8th. That's when the trouble started.
For the first time all season, Burnett didn't seem to have his best stuff. He gave up a homerun and couldn't record a single out. He left runners on the corners for a hastly warmed up Mike Gonzalez to deal with. Gonzo would get out of the inning, but not before a wild pitch brought in the tying run from third.
The wild pitch bug was not gone as T-clip came into the 9th inning to try and keep the game tied. Clip threw a wild one with Giambi at bat to let the go ahead run come in from third. The Nats went to the bottom of the inning down by one.
Desmond and Bernadina both managed to reach base, and executed a double steal with two outs to give Jesus Flores a chance to win the game with a base hit. He did not. That Nats lost a hot one in DC, J-zimm saw another fantastic start go to waste, and the Nats failed to get to 50 wins before the break.
Still, 49 Wins ain't to shabby though, and the Nats will get some much needed rest this week before continuing their first place campaign into the second half of the schedule.
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