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Wire Taps: Gio Gonzalez changes pitching style with success; Erick Fedde shut down; Giancarlo Stanton hits another against Nats

Now *that* is what I’m talking about. Runs! Pitching! Welcome back, Nationals! (Also: running through clinch scenarios: Assuming the Nats get the magic number down to eight, one would assume that they would have to get the job done over their upcoming eleven-game homestand, right?)

Here’s the beat from Marlins Park.

Gio Gonzalez, pitching smart instead of hard, has taken the right steps to prolong his career
Power lefties typically fizzle out somewhere around age 30, and then spend the rest of their career in the bullpen or in the minors looking for what they once had.