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Washington Nationals’ lineup for the series finale with the Atlanta Braves
Trailing 4-2 within the eighth inning yesterday, the Washington Nationals bought a leadoff stroll from Juan Soto, a double by Josh Bell, which put runners on second and third with nobody out, and an RBI single by Nelson Cruz, 4-3, however with Cruz on first base and Bell ninety ft from residence at third, Luis García popped out to heart, too shallow for a sac fly, and Keibert Ruiz and Yadiel Hernández Okay’d swinging to finish the menace with the tying run on third and the visiting membership in nonetheless a run behind Atlanta’s Braves.
Lane Thomas singled to start out the ninth, and took third on a two-out single by Soto, however Bell’s groundout ended the second straight loss in Truist Park.
Davey Martinez’s membership went 1 for 8 with runners in scoring place on the day, with 9 left on base total, and because the supervisor summed it up in his publish recreation press convention, their hitters must assault pitches within the zone and cease chasing out of it.
“We left seven runners on base,” Martinez advised reporters, as quoted by MASN’s Bobby Blanco.
“We had some probabilities to attain. We had a man on third base with no outs. We bought to be slightly bit extra aggressive within the strike zone and never chase out of the strike zone.”
A pitch Patrick Corbin left up for a two-run residence run and a pair runs which adopted an error within the fourth, put the Nationals behind early, they usually couldn’t come all the way in which again to beat the Braves.
With their continued struggles towards their divisional rivals (7-32 vs the NL East) and their 1-9 document over the past 10 video games total, one thing wants to vary.
“We simply bought to play higher,” Martinez mentioned.
“I don’t fear about different groups. I fear about our workforce. And there’s a whole lot of instructing happening proper now. And we’re getting some rising pains. However we bought to maintain going and we bought to remain optimistic with these guys and train. However we’re gonna be good. … Numerous good issues that I see. We’re simply not ending video games. However that’ll come. And like I mentioned, we bought to remain on them, we bought to proceed to show and issues will flip round and bounce again.”
Will the Nationals salvage the collection finale with the Braves and keep away from a sweep and a tenth loss in 11 video games?