Sean Doolittle pounded his left fist against his right palm while discussing his first blown save in 22 chances since joining the Washington Nationals. The good news for Doolittle and the Nationals: This misstep came in a meaningless game. Better now than late next week, when Washington is facing the reigning World Series champion Chicago Cubs in an NL Division Series. The NL East champion Nationals began their last series of the regular season Thursday night without a sore Bryce Harper and wound up with a 5-4 victory on Alejandro De Aza's game-ending RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates, whose starting pitcher, Ivan Nova, left after getting hit by a pitch on his throwing hand while batting. Read more http://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=370928120
