(AP Photo via Daylife. The Nationals celebrate after Willie Harris delivered a bases-loaded single in the 9th for a walk-off victory.)
"I think if that would have happened, you’d probably have to put us all on suicide watch."
(Chipper Jones, via Atlanta Journal Constitution.com, 5/7/2010)
Nats Edge Braves
Nationals 3, Braves 2: Olsen's no-hit bid goes for naught, everything fell apart, but Willie Harris comes through in a pinch.
Something just seems different about this team: That's exactly the kind of game the Nats of years past would've lost when the wheels came flying off in the 8th. Stuff like this seems to be happening less frequently this season.
And unfortunately, our theory that the Braves pulled a fairly classless move calling for mound work in the seventh might not hold up. Dan Steinberg quotes Olsen on the mound work:
"I was glad they did, because the mound was not good, not good all day. It just wasn't very good. That didn't bother me. I was happy that they finally brought someone out there to fix it."
(Scott Olsen, via D.C. Sports Bog, 5/6/2010)
Meanwhile...
Stephen Strasburg makes his AAA debut in Syracuse tonight. MASN's got the game on tape delay tonight after Nats Extra Postgame.
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