For some reason, Lou Piniella decided it was a good idea to intentionally walk the .249 Ryan Zimmerman, and load the bases to get to the All-Star, .337 hitting Dmitri Young.
Now, I’m no manager of any sort but to me, something about that seems a little wonky and Mr. Young must have been licking his chops at the situation in front of him. He proceeded to hit the game-winning Grand Slam off Rich Hill, as the Nationals pitching staff shut down the Cubs for the rest of the day in a 6-0 victory for Washington.
Afterwards, Piniella defended the move, but come on, seriously, Young has easily been the best player on the Nationals all year and today was no different for Manny Acta’s club. Nice victory for the cellar-dwelling club.
And on a bit of a side note, after starting the season as the Cubs most proficient and reliabel starter, Rich Hill has really hit a wall over the past four starts. Hill has allowed 17 runs on 26 hits in a grand total of 17.2 innings over his last four starts. Um, that's not very good. Hill had a 2.81 ERA before this stretch and has since seen it rise to 3.81 after Wednesday's debacle against the Nationals. Hill has posted an 8.66 ERA over his last four starts, making him a very unattractive option for you fantasy geeks.
You know, just a little heads up for you.
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