Nats waste surprising rally after rain delay

The exhausting delay lasted more than two hours. The inspiring tying rally took less than 10 minutes to materialize. But it took another 72 minutes for the inevitable, deflating conclusion: yet another difficult loss for the Washington Nationals. The box score will show that the Cincinnati Reds beat the Nationals 4-2 in 12 innings on Wednesday. Those barebones facts, though, only begin to describe the bizarre fashion in which a game that included a 2-hour, 10-minute rain delay, a 4-3-6-4-6 double play, Ron Villone's first earned runs of the year and a "crowd" of perhaps 75 fans lining the front ... Email </a