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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
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Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez misses a ball hit by Washington Nationals' Jayson Werth, who had a two RBI double on the play, during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Washington. The Nationals won 12-2.
WASHINGTON — Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke saw his center fielder lose a ball in the sun. Then he saw his team lose its way the rest of the game.
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Now Roenicke has to hope the Brewers aren't going to lose touch in the NL wild-card race.
A day after the Washington Nationals misplayed a pair of fly balls in the midday glare, it was the Brewers' turn to get in trouble. Carlos Gomez lost a ball in the sun, allowing Jayson Werth to end up with a two-out, two-run double as part of a six-run fourth inning Monday, and Milwaukee lost to Washington 12-2.
"Once it gets out of hand, it's
tough to keep everybody's intensity there," Roenicke said, "and because of it, a lot of things go wrong."
The Brewers didn't help their playoff chances after entering the day $2 \frac{1}{2}$ games behind St. Louis for the NL's second wild-card slot.
Jordan Zimmermann (12-8) allowed one run and four hits in 62-3 innings in the rare 1:05 p.m. weekday start. He also delivered two hits and drove in a run as a batter for the Nationals, who are a majors-best 93-60 and increased their division lead over the Atlanta Braves to five games with nine to play.
Marco Estrada (4-7) lasted only four innings for the Brewers, allowing seven runs — six earned
—and eight hits. He acknowledged losing his composure "a little bit" after Gomez's problems on Werth's ball into the sun.
"It felt like it was a blink of an eye," Estrada said. "I looked up, the score was 2-1, and I was like, 'All right, let's get this guy out. Pop fly.' Next thing you know, it's 7-1. I couldn't believe it."
As Roenicke put it: "It would've been a good game if that ball's caught."
Right after Zimmermann's RBI single broke a 1-all tie, Werth hit a high飞 that could have been the third out — but Gomez couldn't find it.
"I don't remember a worse sun field, worse sun conditions," said Werth, a major leaguer for
a decade who plays right field for Washington. "You almost don't have a chance out there as the game goes on."
Gomez paused and held his glove up to try to shade his view, then suddenly scrambled to his left and tried to make a diving catch.
"Nothing you can do" Gomez said.
The ball smacked off the dark sweat band on his left forearm and trickled away.
Roenicke knew his player was having a hard time locating the ball.
and I could tell he was off line."
After Bryce Harper walked and joined Werth in a double steal, Ryan Zimmerman sent a three-run shot to right-center for his 24th homer and a 7-1 lead.
"As soon as the ball went up, he was 10 feet off," Roenicke said. "I was watching the ball, where it was, and watching where he was,
In Milwaukee's 6-2 victory Sunday, Werth and Harper each failed to catch a ball because of the sun, leading to hits. Werth's display was on a shot by Gomez. Afterward, Harper joked about trouble dealing with the "sun monster."
"Payback," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said Monday. "It's a tough sun, I mean, this time of year, that time of day."
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Football player faces charges in death
MCPHERSON, Kan. — A former McPherson College football player is facing charges in connection to the beating death of a football player at nearby Tabor College in Kansas.
McPherson County Attorney David Page said Monday that 19-year-old Alton Franklin of Dallas, Texas, is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. The charges were filed following the death Saturday of 26-year-old Brandon Brown of Sacramento, Calif.
Police have said Brown was found lying unconscious in McPherson, about 25 miles from the Tabor campus in Hillsboro, early Sept. 16. He never regained consciousness.
Messages left with Franklin's atorney, McPherson police and a Tabor spokesman weren't returned Monday. A McPherson College spokesman says Franklin played football last year but wasn't on this year's team. Both are NAIA colleges.
Franklin is being held on $500,000 bond.
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NEW YORK — Joe Nocera is working on a book about college sports and the NCAA, subjects The New York Times columnist often writes about.
Columnist writing new book on college sports
Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), announced Monday that Nocera's book, currently unitled, is scheduled for 2014. According to Portfolio, Nocera will cover the Penn State scandal and academics for college athletes among other controversies. His previous books include "A Piece of the Action," "All the Devils are Here" and "Good Guys and Bad Guys." He also edited the best-selling "The Smartest Guys in the Room," by Bethany McLean and Pete Elkind.
Nocera is a veteran reporter and columnist who has written for Fortune, GQ and Esquire.
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Toronto remains sans victory during team's final road trip
BALTIMORE — The Toronto Blue Jays' final road trip of the season can't end soon enough.
Toronto's losing streak reached seven games Monday with a 4-1 defeat against the Baltimore Orioles in the opener of a doubleheader.
Henderson Alvarez (9-14) gave
The Blue Jays are winless during a journey that began with three games in Yankee Stadium, continued in Tampa and will conclude at Camden Yards. They have been outscored 46-17 during their seven-game skid.
"We can't run from what's taking place, and yet we have to continue to battle," Blue Jay's manager John Farrell said.
up four runs, eight hits and three walks in 5 2-3 innings. He's 2-7 in his last 10 starts.
Alvarez fell behind by giving up a two-run homer to Adam Jones in the fourth inning and a solo shot to Ryan Flaherty in the fifth.
Speaking through an interpreter, Alvarez addressed the two drives by saying, "Pitch to Jones was high changeup. He's a good hitter and he did what he was supposed to do with that pitch. The other kid, the second baseman, (I) felt like it was a good pitch and he did a good job with it."
Baltimore (88-65) matched the division-leading New York Yankees
Jones went 4 for 4 to help the Orioles move within a half-game of the AL East lead.
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in the win column. New York was scheduled to play at Minnesota on Monday night.
Jones' four hits tied a career high. He has hit safely in 18 of 22 games in September, with six home runs and 13 RBIs.
"Adam relishes competition," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He's obviously had a heck of a year. He's turning into quite a player."
Asked if Jones deserves consideration for AL MVP, Showalter replied, "This team, we haven't really thought about that type of stuff yet. That will be fodder when our work's done here."
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