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The Washington Nationals needed a great Brad Lord start, and he delivered with some great defense behind him. Lord turned in 5 2/3 innings of 1-run baseball along with scoreless bullpen work, and a Daylen Lile homer, to get the Nats a 2-1 win in Wrigley Field yesterday. That win gives the Nats a shot to take this series with a Curly W today.
For the Nats today, it is the second start of Andrew Alvarez‘s MLB career. Hopefully, he can replicate the magic he had in his debut start. He won’t have CJ Stubbs catching him as he did when the duo combined for a scoreless outing on Monday in Nats Park. By the way, Stubbs smashed two homers yesterday for Triple-A Rochester.
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