Yohandy Morales and the bullpen give the Washington Nationals their 75th win of the season

The beginning of this game was quite uneventful. It felt like the last getaway day of the season. Framber Valdez was carving up the Nats lineup early in this contest. Valdez was actually perfect through 3.2 innings before allowing a single to Brady House .

While the Nats bats were cold, the pitching kept them in the game. Richard Lovelady was the opener, giving the Nats four outs. After that Brad Lord replaced him and delivered 3.1 scoreless innings. This was the sharpest Lord has looked in a while.

In the 4th and 5th innings, the Nats bats were starting to wake up. Valdez's command wavering and there was more traffic on the bases. However, they were unable to turn that traffic into runs. Things changed in the 6th inning though.