The Nats loose in extra innings tonight and it was a very discouraging loss as they were leading by 3. The final blow came on a Ken Griffey's (just activated off the DL tonight) three run homer. Unfortunately it was Joey Eischen who gave it up. Now people who know, know that Joey is the epitome of tough, I remember following this guy when he was trying to make it with Expos (the first time round) in 1994. This guy was out of the majors for three years 1998-2000 and had been only getting spotty work before that. When he made the Expos in 2001 he made himself a valuable tool out of the pen for 5 years (with an injury in there as well). However this year he has not been unable to do anything and I regret to say this, but I think he is done. It's too bad because he fought so hard to make the majors. Fortunately he got one decent major league contract which he hopefully saved a bunch.
Lost in all this was a brilliant performance by Zach Day who pitched 7 innings and only gave up one run. You can't ask for much more than that from your starter. This was Day's 3rd quality start in a row.
Right now everything seems to be 1 step forward 2 steps back.
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