Pirates lose in 9th

Matt Capps has been perfect all year, on Tuesday night he wasn't. The Pirates closer surrendered a 2 run blast in the top of the 9th with two outs, falling to the Washington Nationals 7-6. Lastings Milledge delivered the blow for the Nationals, as they crushed Pirates pitching all night, hitting 4 home runs. Ryan Doumit went 4 for 4 with 2 homers, 3 runs batted in and 3 runs scored. Paul Maholm started for the Pirates as he went 6 2/3rds, giving up 10 hits and 4 earned runs. It was the first of a three game series with the Nationals, as the second game is tonight.