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Wire Taps: Bryce Harper sits; Sean Doolittle blows first save with Nationals; Nats return to high-pressure situations

Alright, that’s kind of more like it! Hopefully the blown saves—is that what they’re called, it’s been so long...—won’t continue. In the meantime, here’s what’s new in Washington, D.C.

Bryce Harper sits, but Dusty Baker says not to be alarmed
Baker made it very, very, very clear that there was nothing wrong with Bryce, that it was just a day off, stop freaking out, okay?

Sean Doolittle blows first save, Nats rally to win anyways
Sean Doolittle is now 21-for-twenty-doo, and thinks he learned a valuable lesson about not being aggressive enough coming into the first at-bats.