Nationals manager Jim Riggleman held Nyjer Morgan out of Sunday's lineup out of fear his center fielder would get hit by Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright in a retaliation move, according to The Washington Post.  Morgan made contact with Cardinals catcher Bryan Anderson when scoring during the eighth inning Saturday night. Anderson was standing near the plate when Morgan ran into him.  "If I take the approach there's nothing wrong with it, then we're going to get people hurt on the field," Riggleman said. "There's got to be retaliation. If Nyjer was playing today, he'd get hit. If an opposing player did that to my catcher and he came to the plate, he would get hit."  Morgan, who is hitting .259, had recently been moved out of the leadoff spot. He hit eighth Saturday.  "I think he was just having a day like where he was upset about some things and did an unprofessional thing. He went after the catcher," Riggleman said of Morgan, who was 0-for-3 last night and is 9-for-39 since coming off the disabled list. "So I certainly don't condone that, but we've all made mistakes. I think that's not Nyjer's style of play to do something like that. That's totally uncharacteristic. I think the culmination of the day, when I called him in, told him I was going to hit him eighth instead of leadoff, and I think it just was building up all day. I think he thought I was wearing that equipment there at home plate."  You can watch the play at MLB.com.  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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