Blown saves are always tough to take. A blown save after your team battles back from an early 5-0 deficit, in a game that would have given your opponent a three-game sweep, would have been devastating.
Washington Nationals' closer Jonathan Papelbon made everyone sweat, but eventually got the job done this afternoon in Cincinnati.
Papelbon, 35, took the mound in Great American Ball Park with a 10-8 lead over the Reds, looking for save No. 15 in 17 opportunities, and gave up a single, walk and RBI double that got the home team within one with no one out.