The Nationals were 2-for-8 with runners-in-scoring-position and those 2-hits belonged to Pedro Severino. That means the Nationals had 6 additional opportunities to score, and they did not take advantage of the situations in a game in which the Nationals stole 5 bases to move up for chances to score. Anthony Rendon was ejected from the game after a strikeout, he then flipped his bat in front of homeplate umpire Marty Foster. After Rendon was rejected, it was manager Dave Martinez who argued on Rendon’s behalf and was also ejected.
“Awesome,” Bryce Harper said about his manager’s support for his players. “That’s what it’s all about. He went out there and he fights for his players, and we saw that right there. I was talking to my dad yesterday, and [Dave Martinez] is a manager that you want to fight for, and you want to win for. Just the little things that he does that make you want to run through a wall for him and want to win ballgames for him. So that was huge seeing that and knowing he has our back, and we have his.”
Replacing Rendon was Matt Reynolds who looked like a dear in the headlights leaving two runners on-base, but it was Ryan Zimmerman who added two more runners stranded on-base to give him 20 stranded runners this season in just his 6th game started. Bryce Harper hit his league leading 5th home run which put the Nats ahead in the bottom of the 6th inning, but Brandon Kintzler quickly gave up two runs in the top of the 7th inning to blow the save and lose the game. Continue reading →
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