(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi. Jorge Padilla retrieves a Chase Headley double in the fifth during Lannan's meltdown. And, no, NatsTown, you're not hallucinating: Interim Jim really did bat Pete Orr 5th this afternoon.)
"This road trip was pretty brutal. We're just going to go home and start again. It's been a long one and, we'll take [Thursday] off and then get right back at it. We've got some good teams coming in, so we're really going to have to focus and bear down." (John Lannan, via Nationals dot com, 9/2/2009)
What's Wrong With Lannan?
Padres 7, NAAAts 0: You'd expect a much better result with Pete Orr batting in the 5-hole. Six losses in a row, but who's counting?
Nats bats take the day off.
Lannan cruised through 4 2/3, but it all went to hell in the 5th. First Zimmermann, now Stammen; is Lannan next in line for an MRI? Anonymous sources with no knowledg...
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