Keibert Ruiz singled, Juan Soto walked (naturally), and a hit-by-pitch on Nelson Cruz loaded the bases with one out in the first inning of the series opener last night with the New York Mets, then the Washington Nationals scored two on a Josh Bell single, and added another on a sac fly by Lane Thomas, for a 3-0 lead early in Citi Field.
“We swung the bats, we came out fired up, swung the bats, scored three runs,” manager Davey Martinez said after the game, but things went all pear-shaped in the home-half of the first, with Erick Fedde giving up two runs, then returning in the second and allowing four more that put the Nats in a hole they never climbed out of in a 13-5 loss.