Does that read like a football headline? It should, you rarely win with four turnovers, yet the Washington Nationals did despite some crucial mistakes.
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With this Opening Day win, that was the Washington Nationals’ first since 2021 against the Atlanta Braves, and their first road Opening Day win in eight years when the Nats won in Cincinnati. Blake Butera became the fifth manager in Nats history to win his inaugural Opening Day game. Those other four managers were Dave Martinez (2018), Dusty Baker (2016), Matt Williams (2014) and Davey Johnson (2012). And three of those four managers all went to the playoffs in their first year — the only one who did not was Martinez, who won the World Series in his second year.
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