On a wet night in Washington after the Braves had rallied to tie the game, Alfonso Soriano's third homerun of the night sealed the fate of Atlanta's bullpen. Ken Ray had pitched ably in two innings of relief of John Smoltz, working his way in and out of jams. But Lance Cormier could not hold back the flood gates, both at the plate and in the sky. In relief of him, Remlinger could not get a good grip on the ball in the rain, and Villarreal made the third mistake of the night to the Nationals l...
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