What a game. 5-4 win in 13 innings for the Nats' fourth win in the last six games. That's a good streak for any team, but it's a great one for this team. The Nats are now out of last place, and if this continues...
Wait! Let's not get crazy here. The Nats are 5-10 and have been outscored 77-45 in their 15 games, meaning that their expected record is 4-11. They're overachieving at 5-10!
But enough negativity, let's focus on the good stuff. Brian Schneider hit his first home run and raised his numbers to .204/.293/.286; Austin Kearns was 3-6 and now stands at .259/.317/.362; Felipe Lopez was 2-5 and raised his numbers to .297/.343/.344; and... Well, that's about it on the hitting side, and those numbers are pretty awful. We should mention a truly statistic: as the Post notes, the Nats were 1-15 with runners in scoring position and 0 for their last 14. Jeez.
As for the pitching, Bergmann was pretty good, giving up 3 runs in 6 innings while striking out 6 and walking only 1. The bullpen was great, despite Chad Cordero's blown save, giving up only 1 run in 6 2/3 innings.
Now, for the really ugly stuff. The Phillies were 1-11 with runners in scoring position. As the Elias Sports Bureau notes, "[t]he Phillies have left 131 runners on base in 13 games this season, the highest total for any big-league team over its first 13 games since the Tigers stranded 132 runners in their first 13 games back in 1970. (But while those Tigers went 10-3 despite stranding all of those runners, the Phillies stand at 3-10.)" Ouch.
But that's no knock on the Nats. You have to win most of your games against teams that are slumping, and the Nats did that. Thank the maker for the Phils!
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