(Photo of TV/MASN by Nationals Enquirer staff. Hammy Time: Ryan Zimmerman's 2-run, pinch hit HR in the eighth inning gave the Nats a 5-4 lead.)
"It's encouraging, because I don't think we've played that good of baseball."
(Jim Riggleman, via Nats Insider, 4/15/2010)
Nationals 7, Phillies 5: Welcome back, Olsen. Welcome back, Zim.
4-5: Encouraging, indeed.
Not to nitpick, but we're still trying to figure out why Riggleman didn't go with Jason Marquis to pinch hitfor Everyday Tyler Clippard in the 8th. Guess it worked out just fine with Zimmerman, but still.
Smokin' Scott Olsen delivered: 5.2 IP, 5H, 4ER ,3BB, 5K, 1HR, 91 pitches, 57 strikes.
Pudge comes through with 2 game winning RBI in the 9th: Is it too late to take back all those lousy carcass jokes we made back in December?
Matt Capps registers 5-outs for his 4th save. Respect.
Light hitting Adam Dunn now leads Wil Nieves in HRs this year by one.
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