Nationals' Fine Effort All for Naught in Ninth
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Chad Cordero is responsible for five runs in the bottom of the ninth as Colorado mounts a furious rally to drop the Nats, 6-5, on Friday.
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Baseball can be so fickle. The line between the daring and defeatist is precariously thin, blurred by intangible factors, altered by blind providence.
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com. OK, so there was nobody on first. But there were runners on second and third with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning. And the Red Sox did trail by a run, having already blown
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Jeff Kent's slide into home in the 12th inning caps a Dodgers comeback as the Nationals cough up a five run lead, falling, 10-9, to Los Angeles for Washington's sixth straight loss.
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The lineup the New York Yankees put out against the Baltimore Orioles was so good that the player with the second-best average in the AL was batting ninth. Was it any wonder they scored 16 runs?
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As hard as Pedro Martinez went in his previous outing, when he morphed into vintage Pedro and hurled nine shutout innings, the real toll came this week.
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It was a strange and painful night for the team with the best record in baseball.
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Companies ranging from video game makers to baseball card producers are having a difficult time finding the best way to incorporate the Nationals into their products.
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With their pitching staff in tatters, the free-falling New York Mets blew a five-run lead Wednesday night and lost again to Washington. Now they're in danger of blowing the whole NL East race, too.
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As Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline for funding a Washington stadium nears, the debate has gotten down and dirty. For months, Northern Virginia officials had been good sports about losing the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia in September.
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When Alex Rodriguez walked to the plate in the ninth inning Thursday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, he might have felt weighed down by an ugly box score in the making.
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Losing four out of five from their opening day starting rotation to injury should have spelled disaster for the Nationals, but it has somehow coincided with their rejuvenation.
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Dave Bush provided a good seven innings. And another rookie right-hander, Jason Frasor, took over for him in the eighth. Then Justin Speier picked up the save when he took over from Frasor after a leadoff double in the ninth.
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If Major League Baseball and the District of Columbia Council fail to reach an agreement to keep the Nationals in Washington, baseball would be faced with the difficult question
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Carlos Beltran found ways to ruin the St. Louis Cardinals without hitting a home run. Two innings after making a spectacular catch in centerfield, Beltran led off the ninth inning with a single Monday night.
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he big, bad Yankees, who have bashed more home runs than any other big league team this season, scrounged up a victory yesterday without getting a hit in a decisive ninth inning.
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A team has hit four consecutive home runs before, but never in a situation like this Â bottom of the ninth inning, down by four runs, first place on the line, division rival in the field, and elite closer in the bullpen.