Back-to-back losses to the now-33-64 Baltimore Orioles was not how the 45-52 Washington Nationals expected this weekend to start, but that’s how it started, so...
“We came in hoping to win 2 out of 3,” Davey Martinez said after last night’s 5-3 loss to the Orioles, “... now I turn to trying to come out tomorrow, win a game tomorrow, and then go from there.”
Juan Soto hit a solo home run in the seventh to get the Nationals on the board, down 5-1 at that point, then Josh Harrison doubled to start the eighth, and two HBPs loaded them up in front of Trea Turner, who drove two in with a single to center field, but the three runs were all the club could manage.