It's ok not to say anything

I flipped over the Mlb.tv and they just went to the Nats game where someone (why name names if that's not the point) said, and I'm paraphrasing a bit, "The Nats were in control of the game and just couldn't close it out". Does he mean when they were up 4-2 going into the bottom of the 4th? I know announcers feel the need to talk about every game that pops up in front of them but you can't just make stuff up. That's all I ask. Just don't make it up.