Diamondbacks 2, Nationals 0 - Balk This Way

Record: 45-45. Pace: 81-81. Change on last season: -3

Not quite the offensive surge I was hoping for. Four hits - including the side going 3-for-22 over more than six innings from the Nationals' bullpen - and two unearned runs are all we had to show on our side of the scoreboard. Thank heavens Webb and the A-pen were on top form, combining for a six-hit shutout, albeit against a team that has now posted zero runs in eleven games, That includes the past three times we have faced them, with Webb (twice) and Haren being largely responsible for the twenty-seven inning scoreless streak. more...