United draws with Real O's win vs Nats

United goalie Josh Wicks was my top star in this one as he made 8 saves and got the shutout his best and there were many was when he same out and dove and smacked the ball away from the net on a drive that could have ended up negativley for DC but didn't. Fred had a golden chance on a neat lob form the side of the ent right in front but i think he was trying to head it jumped and eneded up connecting with his foot grazing the post. Wicks had to punch and corral corners to kepp this thing tied. Namoff just didn't catch up witha ball he could ahve scored and Gomez had an in tight oppurunity real late that he banged off the goalie but he was offsides anyway. 0-0 your final. The O's win vs the Nats 2-1 despite having only 3 hits a double by UXZaghn a triple by Huff in a pinch hit spot and in infield single by Markakis where nobody covered second but the runner still probably would have been safe. Uehara pitched 3 scorless innings but left with hamstring crapms or soreness not considered a serious injury which is good news because he is the ace of the staff. Bass pitched 3 and got the win and gave upa solo shot to Cristian Guzman then struck oput Zimmerman and DUnn to end the inning. ALbersa scorelss inninga s well as Johnson and SHerill his 9th save striking out the side in the ninth only favcing three cant have a better inning than that. Greta pitching has been the story of this sereis and this won featired quite a few a great defenseive plays as Jones was robbed of a homerun by Maxwell when he lepaed at the center wall and stretched is arms well over the fence to bring back and catch the ball recording an out instead of a solo homerun. Then Huff crushed won that bounced off the top of the wall and back into plaY. WIgginton Izturis made some nice snabs as well. The O's have a chance at the sweep tommorow afternoon when Bergesen goes for them and we'll see what tommorow has in store for the Beltway Series or Battle of the Beltway.

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