The Washington Nationals scored 23-runs last night and cruised back to a .500 record. Tonight’s goal is for the Nats to get back over the .500 mark and earn a series win.
Tonight’s starter for the Nats is Zack Littell and for now there is no opener ahead of him. And the Nats will face JT Ginn, a right-hander, and manager Blake Butera will pivot to a lineup predominately of left-handed bats.
With two home runs as part of his four hits, a walk, and eight RBIs — the most by a National since 2018 — Andres Chaparro raised his OPS nearly 200 points to .776. On top of that, Curtis Mead also had four hits and jumped to third on the team in OPS.
âťťHopefully it boosts Chaparro’s confidence a ton. The results haven’t been there for him early on, but he’s had really good at-bats. He’s put some good swings on balls. Just happy to see him have some success tonight.âťž
On offense, the Nats have the 1st in MLB for the most runs scored this season at 539 runs, and that is an impressive 5.50 runs per game. With the Nats pitching giving up 4.74 earned runs per game, the difference is really those pesky unearned runs due to the errors. Overall, the Nats have a +26 run differential on the season.
The FanGraphs WAR chart is now large in its sample size. You can certainly start to extrapolate the numbers for the full-season. The OAA defense stat is now giving us a picture of what the Nats have — and don’t have.
Washington Nationals vs. Sacramento Athletics
Stadium: Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento, California 1st Pitch: 10:05 PM EDT TV: Nationals.TV Radio: 106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app. On Sirius/XM, tune to Channel 89 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
