Which was worse?

Would you rather lose two close games in one day or lose one game in embarrassing fashion? That's what we're pondering today.

The Wild Things lost two more games Sunday, getting swept in a doubleheader at home by River City, 8-5 and 3-0. Washington had an early four-run lead in the opener. The nightcap was a scoreless tie entering the final inning.

Meanwhile, in Sauget, Ill., the Gateway Grizzlies were pounding the Lake Erie Crushers' pitching staff. The Grizzlies hit eight home runs, including five in the seventh inning, and crushed the Crushers 25-1 at hitter-friendly GCS Ballpark, pictured.

Gateway scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning and the rout was on. Gateway hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning and tacked on a grand slam in the eighth.

I recall that when Lake Erie manager John Massarelli held the same job with Washington he told me he disliked playing at Gateway because "something strange always happens there." I assume that nothing has changed his thinking. I suspect the ride from St. Louis back to Ohio wasn't a pleasant one for the Crushers.

Gateway has scored a mind-boggling 73 runs in its last five games. And the Grizzlies' bus rolls into Consol Energy Park on Tuesday night for the start of a three-game series.