The Nationals again built an early lead on a team with a losing record on Friday night, as they’ve grown accustomed to in recent games. But again their offense locked up in the later innings and again their bullpen couldn’t hold up their end of the bargain.
This time it was against the Colorado Rockies, who rode an eighth-inning grand slam by slugger Carlos Gonzalez to a 5-4 victory on Friday night.
The Nationals lost, but there were several moments where they had the Rockies exactly where they wanted them, including with Bryce Harper up in the bottom of the ninth representing the winning run.