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The Washington Nationals were in last night’s game until the end. The score was tied 1-1 at the top of the 6th inning. Interim-manager Miguel Cairo shoved starter Brad Lord for one more inning to face the hot Braves’ lineup for a third time, and he quickly gave up a homer. Sure, two runs over 6.0 innings is good — but with a 10-man bullpen, why not see what your bullpen could do. The Nats lost 3-2.
Maybe the most significant part of last night’s game was that this had to be the best we have seen of James Wood in months. He started his night with a double then in his next at-bat he sprinted to first base on a groundout and was out by one stride, and in his final at-bat, Wood hit a homer off of a lefty reliever. He had one walk, and no strikeouts in the game. The 6’7″ lefty looked like our All-Star we fell in love with in the first half of the season.
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