Nats drop first game of doubleheader with Pirates 5-3
Home runs had been a rarity for Sean Burnett and Rick Ankiel. For Ankiel, the Washington Nationals outfielder whose season had twice been derailed by injury, the rarity was hitting them. For Burnett, it was giving them up. Both happened in the span of an inning Saturday afternoon. While one …
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Pirates top Nationals in first of doubleheader
WASHINGTON — Ivan Rodriguez drove in the go-ahead run as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday night to earn a doubleheader split.
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