After loading the bases in the top of the ninth, Chad Cordero gets Ryan Doumit to fly out to deep right field to record his 15th save in June, tying the Nationals closer with Lee Smith and John Wetteland for the most ever recorded in a single month. Washington’s 7-5 victory over Pittsburgh at RFK Stadium puts the first-place team 4.5 games ahead of Atlanta.

Rain forces a game between the Astros and Reds to be called after 7 innings with the score at 2 – 2. It is the most recent tie game in major league history. A change of rules in 2007 will make future ties possible only under extremely rare circumstances.