While Washington’s Nationals did manage to take 2 of 3 from the San Francisco Giants with Thursday’s 4-2 win in the series finale, they could have made things easier on themselves if they were able to do better than going 1 for 11 with nine left on base in the third of three in D.C.
“We could have put this game away early,” manager Davey Martinez told reporters after his team wrapped up a 3-3 homestand, “and we’ve just got to get better — man on third base, less than two outs, we’ve got to start knocking runs in like we did early, like we did in Spring Training.