Well, 2-1 wins in games that were billed as likely blowouts aren’t that heartening, but then again, this team doesn’t do all that much the easy way, which certainly bodes well for this series at home against the Marlins.
Here’s the news from Nats Park:
Snubbed no more! How Anthony Rendon stopped being baseball's Glenn Close (ESPN)
If Anthony Rendon had been a presidential candidate for the Democratic party in the 20th century, the conventions before 1968 would've been where he succeeded. He has no populist appeal, no way to win over the fans — but the intelligentsia of baseball get it, finally: he's among the best position players in baseball.