On Thursday, the Nationals were in New York to play the Yankees for a 1pm game, with former Versailles Tiger Craig Stammen set to start for Washington. But a driving rain (the same rain that washed out the first round of the U.S. Open) delayed the game for over five hours. The timing was just perfect for Craig Stammen, though, who shut down the Yankees for 6 1/3 innings.
The Nationals went on to win 3-0, and Stammen got his first big league win with this line: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K. Stammen's ERA dropped to a respectable 4.76.
The Nationals still didn't provide Stammen much run support, which can be partially explained by the three former Reds batting 4-5-6: Adam Dunn (.265), Austin Kearns (.196), and Corey Patterson (.077). For more comic relief, the pitcher who replaced Stammen was Ron Villone. No wonder the Nationals are in dead last ... they're loaded with bad former Reds players.
