Manager Dave Martinez made a trip to the mound with Scherzer at 117 pitches through 7 2⁄3 innings, but Scherzer lobbied successfully to stay in the game before striking out Reds first baseman Joey Votto on back-to-back-to-back called strikes. The bullpen collapsed late on April 12 after Corbin pitched seven strong innings and departed with a one-run lead; Tony Sipp and Kyle Barraclough combined to give up the tying and go-ahead runs, and after Rendon homered to force extra innings, Justin Miller coughed up a three-run home run to Pirates pinch-hitter Colin Moran in the tenth inning to lose the opening game of the homestand. [247] The Nationals departed Arizona having lost their third straight series, as well as having lost Elías and infielder Howie Kendrick to hamstring injuries. Do you want 2020 to be any worse?” Kendrick rhetorically asked. "Ladies and gentlemen, your 2019 Washington Nationals World Series Championship Ring," the Nationals posted on Twitter with an accompanying video showcasing the ring's features. Left fielder Juan Soto hammered a three-run home run, with Robles adding an RBI double, to give the Nationals the lead in the tenth inning before Doolittle secured the 10–6 win. [57] The Nationals placed him on the 25-man roster for Opening Day. [58] Outfielder Michael A. Taylor, competing for the role of starting center fielder, sprained his left knee and hip after catching a cleat in a March game. [75] The Nationals salvaged the two-game series by winning April 3 on a bases-loaded, ninth-inning walk issued by Phillies reliever David Robertson to rookie pinch-hitter Jake Noll.
[332], The Cleveland Indians, who came to Washington to end the season with three games of interleague competition, ran into the Nationals buzzsaw as they were swept, with Nationals outfielder Gerardo Parra emerging from a lengthy slump to particularly bedevil Cleveland as he tallied 11 RBIs in the series. By then, Martinez had Patrick Corbin warming, and he went on to replace Scherzer, whose effort was worthy of applause no matter the end result, in what turned out to be a scoreless sixth. Ross was scratched from his scheduled start opposite Teherán with a forearm strain, and Voth was tabbed to fill in.
Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. On September 11, the Nationals jumped all over Twins starter Martín Pérez, scoring five runs over the first three innings, including two on a Zimmerman home run, en route to a 6–2 victory. Carrying far, slicing right, pinging the yellow-coated steel screen of the foul pole in right field. Our guys take a look and make picks for the first round, World Series and more. [243] However, after relieving Ross, inducing a flyout, and then striking out Diamondbacks right fielder Adam Jones, Elías was called upon to bat for himself in the seventh inning, with the Nationals carrying a short bench. Instead, the Nationals signed a two-year player development contract with the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League, although Rizzo publicly acknowledged Fresno was team officials' "second choice" behind the Nashville Sounds, who signed a four-year deal with the Texas Rangers instead. [111] The Nationals activated third baseman Anthony Rendon from the injured list on May 7, optioning top infield prospect Carter Kieboom back to Fresno after he committed four errors in 11 major league games,[112] and also recalled right-handed pitcher Erick Fedde from the Class-AA Harrisburg Senators. [251] While Cabrera wasn't a factor in the win, grounding into a double play in his only plate appearance of the game, the Nationals downed the Giants 5–3 behind starting pitcher Aníbal Sánchez and a three-hit night for catcher Kurt Suzuki, who drove in Washington's first three runs of the game on a first-inning single and a third-inning home run deep to left. [95] Although Noll tagged his first major league hit, an RBI double, in his first start on April 24, another poor Aníbal Sánchez start, coupled with defensive lapses by Noll, fill-in shortstop Wilmer Difo, and the right fielder Eaton, followed by a disastrous three-run inning from Rosenthal in relief, resulted in a second straight series loss. Behind a dominant start by Strasburg and Turner's second career cycle[note 14] the Nationals shellacked Colorado 11–1 in the series opener on July 23. [69] The Nationals threatened only twice against him. Reddington, Patrick, "Stephen Strasburg sets franchise strikeout record in solid start in Nationals’ 7–6 loss to Mets in Citi Field...". [324] But the Nationals were done losing in September.
“They believe in each other. [134] The Nationals were rejoined during the series by Matt Adams, who was activated from the injured list and took the place of infielder Adrián Sánchez, who was optioned to Class-AA Harrisburg. Journeyman relievers Michael Blazek, Javy Guerra, and Tony Sipp were designated for assignment to clear roster space for Elías, Hudson, and Strickland.
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