Late and Later

Noah Syndergaard, his sinkers and sliders coiling like mambas around the ankles of the Nationals’ batters, struck out ten last night and left the game, in Washington, with a 3–1 lead, which vanished in the bottom of the ninth on three hits—two of them infield squigglers—and a throwing error, all against the reliable closer Jeurys Familia.

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