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Was Yunel Escobar's double play Matt Williams fault?

Everything was going the Washington Nationals way in the seventh inning of Wednesday night's 6-5 loss to the San Diego Padres. After trailing 5-0 at one point, the Nats had drawn within one run in the bottom of the seventh despite notching just two hits in the inning. The Padres had walked two and hit another batter in the inning around a Denard Span double and a Bryce Harper single, leading to three runs and putting the tying run on third base. Padres LOOGY Marc Rzepczynski was already giving up the platoon advantage (.