By various metrics -- batting average, clutch hits, fan ire -- Jayson Werth endured a rough 2011, the start of his $126 million, seven-year adventure with the Washington Nationals. So everyone seemed pretty pleased -- Werth flipping his bat, teammates mobbing him, the crowd that remained lauding him -- when the outfielder delivered his first game-ending hit as a member of the Nationals, a bases-loaded single off Reds closer Sean Marshall in the bottom of the 13th inning Friday night that lifted Washington to a 2-1 comeback victory over Cincinnati.
