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Nats, Cards Play to 4-4 Tie

Pedro Severino’s RBI single in the bottom of the 8th offset the bullpen coughing up three in the top of the 8th as the Nats and Cards played to a 4-4, nine-inning tie.

Max Scherzer, Washington’a probable Opening Day starter, struck out five over four innings and gave up a run on two hits and a walk. The blown save went to Erik Davis, who let in three runs on three hits and a hit batsman, though he was “helped” with a pair of throwing errors by Jason Martinson and Michael Taylor.

Severino (1-1, RBI) was joined by fellow watchlisters Brian Goodwin (1-2) and Trea Turner (0-1) as replacements for the starters, which included both Ryan Zimmerman (albeit as the DH) and Jayson Werth (LF) for the first time this spring. Goodwin and Turner each stole a base while Severino failed to throw out both runners who attempted to steal on him.

The tie puts Washington’s record at 8-3-1 after 12 games. They’ll host Houston for the second time this spring with a 1:05 p.m. start tomorrow afternoon.

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  1. Luke, that photo is the most ‘in’ of ‘in’ jokes!

    I’ m sure thrre’s a quiz in the morning.

  2. Okay, you have me curious, Luke. What is the significance of the photo? It actually looks familiar to me but maybe I just watch too many movies.
    On a baseball note, I read a headline in the paper yesterday how dominant the regulars were in yesterday’s game. (Or something like that) I didn’t think they were any more dominant than the kids were the day before, not even as much so.
    That said, it was nice to see Ramos get three hits. Haven’t seen that in a while.

    1. A tie, like splitting a double header, is sometimes referred to as “kissing your sister.” And of course Luke and Leia turned out to be siblings, so there you have it.

  3. I felt bad for Erik Davis, as he won’t get that many chances in “varsity” games, but he had the Keystone Cops behind him on defense for that inning. He didn’t give up hard-hit balls at all.

    We’re starting to get to the point where the varsity will be playing more and “our guys” will get less time. I assume more cuts will be coming soon. Admittedly, there’s not much suspense except perhaps for the last bench and bullpen seats. Trea has done enough to put himself on the radar for a June call-up, but not to force the issue right now.

  4. The best news of the spring is that with Ryan Zimmerman finally appearing in a game, the Nats currently have (crosses fingers) zero injured players. If they just break camp with that still being true it will be a gigantic improvement over last year.

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