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Washington Nationals drop series finale to Seattle Mariners, 4-2: Mariners win first in D.C.... ever?

Washington Nationals drop series finale to Seattle Mariners, 4-2: Mariners win first in D.C.... ever?

There was no baseball in Washington, D.C. when the Seattle Mariners were born in 1977, and they were 0-8 in D.C. since 2005 before todays win. Washington Nationals lefty Gio Gonzalez took a no-hit bid into the fifth, and a shutout bid into the sixth, but he ended up leaving the game with some sort of discomfort (rib issue?) with runners on the corners in the top of the sixth inning. The two runners he left on base scored on a 3-run blast by Nelson Cruz, who hit a 2-1 slider from Jacob Turner to left-center to put the Seattle Mariners up 3-2 after six.