 Avert the shutout bid and get on the board here in the top of the ninth inning. Erlane Thomas' eighth double is 33rd and 34th runs batted end of the year. And it's now the Padres' eight of the Nationals, too. And they're scurrying around now to get somebody up in the San Diego bullpen. And time called for the pitching coach now, Ruben Niebla, to make a slow walk to the mound here and allow that bullpen to get going as Vargas is announced into the game as the pinch hitter.