Denard Span was in the middle of discussing his 26-game hitting streak when cheers, claps and whoops erupted from out-of-sight sections of the Washington Nationals clubhouse. "I think Gomez must have robbed a homer," Span said. "OK, that's good for us." That would be Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez, who kept Jay Bruce's drive in the park in the ninth inning of a tied game against the Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers went on win, a result that combined with the Nationals' 11-2 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday to trim Washington's deficit to 4½ games for the NL's second wild-card berth.
