ATLANTA -- What began with a harmless throwing error in the fifth inning of Monday's 8-4 Braves win over the Nationals snowballed into a hard slide, an injury, a pitch behind the slider two innings later, an ejection of someone not even in the game and plenty of harsh words after the game.
The reason for the hard feelings in the Nationals clubhouse is the left hand injury to third baseman Yunel Escobar, the hottest hitter on a slumping Washington team, who was hurt on a play at third in the fifth inning and had to leave the game.