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Despite just one Nats reliever appearing in the game, the Javelinas blew a 5-0 lead to the Saguaros to lose their fourth straight game, 7-5.

That one reliever was Orlando Ribalta, who worked around back-to-back singles to open the 7th to preserve his 0.00 ERA in five appearances (7⅓ IP, 5H, 0R, 5K).

Brady Lindsly was the sole position player in the Peoria lineup and gave Drew Millas the night off. He went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts while batting eighth, dropping his Fall line to .214/.294/.214 (3-14 with 2BB). There were no stolen-base attempts against him.

The Javelinas return home to host the Desert Dogs this afternoon.

The Scorpions broke a 1-1 tie with three in the 2nd and added two more in the 4th as they handed the Javelinas their fifth loss in their last six games, 6-4. Three Nationals appeared in the game: Drew Millas batted sixth and went 1-for-4 with a double, his third of the fall. He threw …

SSDG for Tim Cate, who didn’t make it out of the 1st  Forrest Gump pause  again in a 10-6 Peoria loss to Scottsdale.

The 25-y.o. retired just two of eight batters faced, giving up four singles and issuing two walks. He got the leadoff man and was lifted after his only strikeout, leaving the bases loaded.

Cleveland’s Lenny Torres let in two of three runners left on by Cate before rolling a ground ball to end the inning.

Cate threw 32 pitches, 16 for strikes. He was charged with five runs (all earned) and now has a Fall ERA of 60.75 – nine runs allowed on seven hits and three walks in an inning and a 1/3rd.

No other Washington Nationals players appeared in the game.

The Javelinas return to action tomorrow afternoon against the Scorpions at the Peoria Stadium Complex.

A 6-0 lead vanished in the late innings as Salt River scored the last seven runs to walk off Peoria, 7-6 in seven innings. Alas, the last two runs came off the arm of Amos Willingham, who got the last out of the 6th inning to strand one but gave up a triple to lead …

The Javelinas answered a two-run 1st with a three-run 2nd, then piled on four in the 3rd as they prevailed for sixth time in eight contests, 10-6. Three Nationals were in the starting lineup: Darren Baker led off and played 2B. He went 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. Drew Millas caught the …

Peoria jumped out to a 6-0 lead after two and an 8-1 lead halfway through and withstood late charge from Mesa to prevail, 11-8. Drew Millas led the Javelinas offense with three hits, including his second fall HR, and four RBI. The 24-y.o. backstop batted seventh and had nine putouts. Alas, he was caught stealing …

A seven-run 3rd proved to be too much to overcome as Peoria dropped its second straight, losing to Mesa, 12-11. The good news is that five Nationals saw game action. The bad news is that the two pitchers were charged with nine of the 11 runs given up by the Javelinas. Tim Cate (right) was …