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After a satisfying 6-2 victory in the opener, poor defense doomed the Nats in the nightcap and they fell to the Kiwanis 7-5.
Aggressive baserunning and a strong pitching performance from Alex Kingsley drove the Nats to victory in the opener. The locals got on the board first in the fourth after a leadoff walk to Danny Putnam. Putnam then stole second and advanced to third on a groundout by Kyle Kalkopf. Brandon Hall then knocked him in with a groundout to second.
The Nats broke the game open in the fifth with the help of two critical Kiwanis errors. Danny Putnam's two out, two run single was key to the four run rally.
That was all Kingsley needed. He kept the Kiwanis hitless until a allowing a one out double in the fifth and finished with a two hitter. Both runs scored by the Kiwanis in the sixth were unearned. Kingsley's second victory as a National featured 7 strikeouts and 4 walks.
Game two got away from the Nationals in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. Curt Pryal's three run homer in the third gave the Nationals a 3-1 lead and all appeared to be well. In the top of the fourth, though, Nationals starter gave two runs back due in a large part to uncharacteristic wildness. Reliever Curt Pryal was hurt in his two innings of relief by two errors in each frame. The Kiwanis posted three runs on just two hits in the sixth to extend their lead to 7-3. The Nats responded with two of their own in the bottom half of the inning, but went down quietly in the seventh.
Next up are the Milwaukee Angels on Tuesday night at Harden Field in Milwaukee. First pitch is set for 7:30pm.
