Nelson Cruz went 2 for 3 with a walk, K, and run scored in Saturday night’s win over the San Diego Padres, and the second of the 42-year-old, 18-year veteran’s hits was No. 2,000 in his career, in 1,984 games.
“According to the Elias Sports Bureau,” the Nationals wrote in their post game notes on the curly-W, “... Cruz became the first player to reach the 2,000 hit mark in a Nationals uniform (2005-[present]).”
“His first hit came on Sept. 28, 2005 with Milwaukee vs. Cincinnati, a double off Aaron Harang.