Good, Bad & Ugly: Nationals Lose To Mets; Olsen Out For Season

"It really sucks. But I'm not the only person that has had surgery. We just go back and try to build up for next year now." — Scott Olsen, referring to his torn labrum, July 20, 2009. THE RESULT: Livan Hernandez continued his mastery of his former team, limiting the Washington Nationals to two earned runs on five hits and two walks over seven innings, leading the New York Mets to a 6-2 victory before just over 19,000 at Nationals Park. Jeff Francoeur hit his first home run as a Met, one of his three hits on the evening. Angel Pagan and Daniel Murphy each added two hits for the Mets. J.D. Martin made his major league debut for the Nats to mixed results. He went four innings and did not walk a batter, but did allow five earned runs on eight hits. Martin ran into trouble right off the bat. Pagan led off the game with a slow roller down the third base line that Willie Harris hoped would roll foul. It did not. After Luis Castillo bunted Pagan over to second, Murphy d...