package, what we have now is better

WASHINGTON -- For all the progress starter Francisco Liriano showed Friday night, a seventh-inning defensive meltdown cost the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Washington Nationals.The Pirates made two errors during that decisive inning that contributed to their 5-1 loss in the first game out of the All-Star break. A mistake by first baseman David Freese on a sacrifice bunt attempt and the combination of a wild by pitch by reliever Neftali Feliz and throwing blunder by catcher Eric Fryer gave the Nationals the breaks they needed.It all comes back to game awareness, manager Clint Hurdle said. We needed to handle it better.Liriano (5-9) lasted into the seventh inning, allowing three runs and five hits. He didnt surrender a hit for the first three innings but wasnt as sharp throughout as Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg (13-0), who allowed one run and three hits in eight innings.Hurdle said Liriano pitched a very competitive ballgame.I feel like the last three starts, Ive been getting better every start little by little, Liriano said. I just got to keep pitching, keep finding a way to get hitters to swing and miss. Try not to walk that many guys and get ahead in the count like I have these last couple of games.A walk and a single by Clint Robinson in the seventh ended Lirianos night and sparked Washingtons rally. Danny Espinosa scored on Strasburgs bunt and Freese failed to tag first to get an out.I threw to first, Feliz said through an interpreter. Unfortunately, the man wasnt on first and Espinosa got there. Its just something that happens.Felizs wild pitch allowed Robinson to go from second to third, and Fryers throwing error gave the Nationals their third run.I didnt even know where the ball went, said Robinson, who went 2 for 4 as a late starter at first base in place of Daniel Murphy. I had no idea where it was. (Third base coach Bob Henley) just said `Go ahead, so I went.Feliz then served up a two-run homer to Michael Taylor, the center fielders seventh of the season, as Washington broke the game open. Nationals manager Dusty Baker said the Pirates helped his team out with the errors, and Taylor made his aggressive at-bat count.It was just a good inning altogether, Taylor said. Danny with the big base-running. We capitalized on a couple mistakes they made.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: RHP Ryan Vogelsong, who has been out since May 23 when he was hit by a pitch and suffered three facial fractures, threw six scoreless innings in a rehab start for Double-A Altoona. ... C Francisco Cervelli, who has been on the DL since June 11 with a broken bone in his wrist, doubled and singled in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Indianapolis.Nationals: Murphy said he felt tightness in his hamstring after sliding into second base during the All-Star Game on Tuesday. The team listed him as day-to-day but he wasnt sure if hed be able to play Saturday night. ... Baker said RHP Joe Ross continues to toss but remains on the DL with no definitive timeline.FATHERS DAYSThis is the Pirates fourth annual dads trip, and almost 20 fathers of people throughout the organization are taking part.Its an absolute blast for everybody, Hurdle said. Its kind of like revisiting Little League but backwards because then weve got to follow our fathers around and make sure they havent left stuff behind.UP NEXTPirates RHP Gerrit Cole (5-4, 2.77 ERA) returns from the DL and starts Saturday against Nationals RHP Tanner Roark (8-5, 3.01). 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LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. Kimi Raikkonen insists Ferrari has not stopped believing it can win races in 2016, even if the disappointing first half of the season has hurt the team.Ferrari came into the season full of confidence it could challenge Mercedes across an entire season but has is to record a single victory. The teams second position in the championship has recently come under threat from Red Bull, leading some to suggest its title ambitions are now over.But Raikkonen is convinced that winless run will come to an end soon.?For sure the car is better than it was at the beginning of the year, but its still not good enough, Raikkonen told the press in Hungary. Its hard to know what the others have done exactly but for sure in some circuits were closer to the front, in others we suffer a lot, thats how it goes.There are still to come a lot of circuits that will be good for us, as they swapped some races around. Are we going to be good enough on those places? Time will tell, but I still expect us to win races. We can always improve, we know what are weaknesses are, were working on them but things dont happen overnight aand take time to fix.ddddddddddddWe need some patience but, for sure, in terms of package, what we have now is better than what we had at the start of the year but the others have also made good steps forward.The Finn says the teams start to the season has been hard to deal with, though he sees no reason to dwell on the negatives.Im sure were all disappointed; were all suffering when were not winning but it doesnt help. No one has given up because were not where we want to be, were not here to walk away from the issues.Its very rare you are in a position where you go into every weekend knowing youll finish first or second, thats a very fortunate place to be and were not there. Even those teams that are in such a position will keep fighting and improving their cars.I dont see a reason to be sad, but it does hurt when you finish second or third, but that doesnt mean well give up and not try. I dont see a point to be sad or not positive but we are not where we should be. ' ' '