Nationals show some muscle

The Washington Nationals went nuts Tuesday night, that is with their bats. Lastings Milledge hit a two run homer in the top of the ninth with two outs, to lift the Nationals 7-6 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ronnie Belliard hit 2 home runs and Dmitri Young and Jesus Flores also went deep for the Nationals. All this came after runs have not come easily for Washington, and it may be just the spark they need. Pirates closer Matt Capps took the loss with his first blown save of the season. Joel Hanrahan got the win and Jon Rauch pitched a perfect ninth for his 13th save of the year.