Monday Morning Quarterback

Another bad sports weekend. The Maryland Terps lost their second home game in a row to West Virginia, 31-19. Maryland, like the two previous weeks, was in good shape going into the fourth quarter. But backup quarterback Pat White directed three fourth-quarter touchdown drives, and West Virginia ripped Maryland's defense for 301 yards rushing to win easily.
Freshman Jason Gwaltney scored two touchdowns for the Mountaineers (3-0), who had lost three straight at Maryland (1-2) since 1997. West Virginia let a 15-point lead dwindle to 21-19 before Gwaltney scored on a 15-yard run with 4:56 left in the game.
The Terrapins began their comeback with a 73-yard touchdown throw from Hollenbach to tight end Vernon Davis with 10:22 left. Davis caught the medium-length pass at the right sideline and easily outran the Mountaineers to the end zone. Then Antonio Lewis fumbled away the following kickoff, and Hollenbach converted the mistake into a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jo Jo Walker. But the Terps never got closer.
Hollenbach went 20-for-31 for 291 yards. Davis caught five passes for 158 yards, but the Terrapins could muster only 50 yards rushing against a defense that entered the game ranked No. 1 in the nation in yards allowed (128.5). ...Read more here
The Washington Nationals even had a worse weekend, losing two games in San Diego that they should have won and instead of being 2 1/2 games out of the wildcard playoff , they are now 4 1/2 games behind the leader with only 12 games left to play. The Nationals had won four straight on the road trip including a three game sweep of the New York Mets.
In the Saturday game with San Diego the Nationals had a 5-0 lead going into the bottom of the ninth inning when San Diego scored 5 runs to tie and force overtime. The Padres then scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 12th to win 8-5. ...Read more here
In the Sunday game, Washington behind the strong pitching of Esteban Loiaza held a 1-0 lead going into the bottom of the eight inning, when San Diego scored to tie the game 1-1. The Padres then won the game 2-1 in the ninth inning by scoring a run on a Nationals throwing error.
Two heart-breaking losses and a chance at the playoffs slipping further away. ...Read more here