Going into the first of four with the Philadelphia Phillies in Citizens Bank Park, both GM Mike Rizzo and Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez talked openly about just how big a series it was for the NL East’s third-place club.
Coming off back-to-back shutout losses in Tampa Bay which left the Nationals 3.5-games out in the division, behind the Phillies and first-place Atlanta Braves, Rizzo told 106.