We're in the fourth inning here at Nationals Park, and Washington is already down 5-0 thanks to a harrowing outing from Mike O'Connor.
Let's sum it up this way: In the first inning, Cody Ross led off the game with a first-pitch home run. In the third, he drew a leadoff walk and scored on a wild pitch. Same thing in the fourth inning -- though that wild pitch was from Joel Hanrahan. But the only reason O'Connor wasn't in the game by that point is because Manny Acta had pulled him in the middle of the at-bat against Jorge Cantu after he'd thrown six straight balls.
O'Connor's final line: 3 1/3 innings, six hits, nine runs, six walks, one strikeout and one wild pitch. Thirty-eight of his 78 pitches were strikes.
Hanrahan gave up a grand slam to Dan Uggla that made it 10-0 Marlins in the fourth. The Nationals, meanwhile, have just one hit and one walk off Andrew Miller.
