Red Sox 5, Nationals 3: Big Hit Vázquez

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images The Red Sox offense has been stagnant. Very, very stagnant. Despite that, they managed to squeak out a win on Friday thanks to a timely three-run blast from Hunter Renfore, and a follow-up solo home run by Bobby Dalbec. More of the same kind of silence from the bats occurred from the Red Sox offensively in game two of the series until the ninth inning.

The Red Sox legitimately could not have asked for a better start than what Tanner Houck gave on Saturday. He was perfect, and that’s not an exaggeration. Houck pitched five perfect innings of baseball, retiring all 15 batters he faced while striking out eight of them. The most impressive aspect…