Before Michael Taylor stepped to the plate in the eighth inning of Game 2 last night, it looked like the story of the day was going to be the Washington Nationals bullpen blowing two games. Then, Taylor changed the narrative with a two-run home run off the foul pole against Pat Neshek that gave the Nats a 6-5 lead.
That home run wasn’t the first one that sparked or capped a rally in the past week. On Wednesday night, his eighth inning home run against the Orioles cut a 6-2 deficit to 6-4.