He’s back! Davey Johnson to take over as Nationals manager
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo made it known that John McLaren’s tenure as interim skipper would be a very brief one . (Maybe that’s why he was willing to get tossed from Friday’s 9-5 win over the Chicago White Sox . I only got this job through the weekend! ) Soon after Jim Riggleman’s surprise resignation on Thursday, rumblings from those who cover the Nats said that Davey …
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Roundup: Back-to-back dingers power Pirates past Nats
Saturday’s MLB roundup: Garrett Jones and Andrew McCutchen hit back-to-back homers in the eighth, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 Saturday in the opening game of their first doubleheader in the nation’s capital since the 19th Century.
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