Underway from Washington D.C. I’m watching on the MLB Network so I get Bob Costas and John Smoltz, I can live with that.
The top of the first starts in a promising fashion as Anthony Rizzo gets plunked for the 13th time on the year. The lineup is stacked with lefties so batting second is Tommy La Stella. Instead of getting Rizzo to second, La Stella is called out on a questionable third strike. Third place hitter Ian Happ popped out weakly to center bringing up tonight’s cleanup hitter, Kris Bryant.