Josh Willingham earns back-to-back Silver Elvis treatment.

 

(Image via CSN Washington. Josh Willingham earned the rights to the Silver Fox for the second game in a row,  thanks to his walk-off heroics in the 10th on Sunday. By our count, he's the first Nationals player to earn back-to-back Silver Fox honors.)

"Going into a big road trip like this, you always want to win a game like this. Hopefully you can carry the emotion into the road trip."
(Josh Willingham, via The Goessling Game/MASNSports.com, 5/23/2010)

Hammering it home!

Nationals 4, Orioles 3: Capps finally blows one, but Hammer picks him up with walk-off homerun in the 10th.

Nats take D.C. leg of 2010 Battle of the Beltways, 2-1.

Poor John Lannan deserved a W for the effort. Lannan's line: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 2 K.

Drew Storen picks up first hit in first AB. Also throws 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

Nyjer Morgan gets the start in center, doesn't cost any runs this time out -- scored one, in fact -- although he had his adventures: on a collision w/Willingham, near crash into Maxwell. Meanwhile, from the day-late-dollar-short department, Riggleman considered benching him today:

"I thought about it. I got to do what's best for the ball club. And I've got to keep in mind that Nyjer has been struggling. I don't want to kick him while he's down. He's a vital part of this ball club. He plays hard. That's what I ask - play hard, give me a good effort. He always does that. He made a mistake. He misread where the ball was."
(Jim Riggleman, via Nationals Journal, 5/23/2010)

Onward (and hopefully upward) to California.

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Comments

[DaNats]

Hammer should just keep that thing in his locker. Or in his suitcase on the road.

[Sec3MySofa]

This wouldn't have been a question last year, but at some point this season, they'll win often enough to get tired of the joke. I wonder what it would take to quit it?
We should all have such problems.

[WFY]

There are some serious communication problems in the outfield it seems. They need to get that worked out.

[andy]

Morgan has a tendency to treat the entire outfield as his own private patrol - lead to some amusing moments when Dukes played right last year