If I told you before Monday’s series opener between the San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals that Anthony DeSclafani would pitch six scoreless innings and allow only three hits, you’d happily believe me. DeSclafani has been stellar this year. In his last outing he pitched eight scoreless innings with three hits, and that was against the Houston Astros, who are many things, chief among them being that they are not the Washington Nationals. The Nationals who are, you know, 27th in the Majors in runs per game.
There is, however, a but.