(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta. Ron Villone came to the rescue in the 9th, inducing a Ryan Howard double play grounder to end the game with 2 on and 1 out, and the Nats hanging on by a thread.)
"That's what you play the game for. You know when you're facing that, you'd better be ready to execute a real good game plan." (Ron Villone, via Nationals Journal, 9/10/2009)
Ian Desmond's debut almost ruined by Zach Segovia's debut.
Nats 8, Phillies 7: 8-2 laugher entering the top of the ninth turns into a heart attack. But it all worked out in the end, thanks to Ron Villone - and a lucky bounce.
Riggles pulls Segovia for MacDougal for Villone during nightmare ninth; but he never should have pulled Livo in the 8th.
It's Ian Desmond Night at Nationals Park!
Meanwhile: Never forget.
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