Nats Cough Up Four in the 8th, Lose 5-4
This time, the Nats gave up four runs late rather than early to turn a 4-1 lead into a 5-4 defeat in Game 3 of 2017 Spring Training.
Tanner Roark got the start and dealt three scoreless innings to the Cards, with no walks and two hits allowed while striking out four.
The Nats scored single runs in the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 8th innings while collecting 10 hits on the afternoon. They left on just seven runners while going 2-for-6 with RISP.
Here’s a rundown on how the watchlist players did:
• Rafael Bautista followed Bryce Harper in RF and went 0-for-2 with a groundout and a strikeout
• Drew Ward subbed for Anthony Rendon at 3B and grounded out in his sole at-bat in the 7th
• Matt Skole was the second 1B and rolled a 4-3 grounder to lead off the 8th
• Andrew Stevenson raised his spring BA to .429 with a pair of singles and stole a base as the replacement for Adam Eaton in CF
• Raudy Read drew a walk and popped out to second while spelling Jhonatan Solano at catcher. He did not allow a passed ball.
The Nats play their first home spring training game tomorrow, which will be broadcast live on MASN and WJFK (1580AM) at 1 p.m. and rebroadcast at 7 p.m. on MASN tomorrow night.
Stevenson has started well. I hope he can showcase himself well for the rest of the spring.
Yes , it was quite the joke when Stevenson was ranked #5 by mlb just ahead of Nuese who has done nothing.
‘Spiderman’ has been on quite a roll now for the last 10 months.
He’s forcing everyone to change what they think will happen moving forward.
Make then come up with a reason to send you down.
Us seamheads live for this!
Where did Braulio Lara come from? 6.07 ERA in AAA across 4 seasons. What’s there to like?
Korea
Marmelos story bizarre
removed from 40 man for Weiters
With left forearm strain ( paper move excuse ?)
Let’s say he is truly not ready for Harrisburg : what roster manipulations could be done for
Senators ? Push Robles and Carey up from High A? Push Matt Page up from high A? Push down Caleb Ramsey to help out Pleffner, Cat Ballou and Alec Keller???
Thoughts anyone ??
Minor-league opening day is April 6… Marmolejos would be eligible to come off the 60-Day on April 24… Rehab stints for position players are 20 days… I’m not seeing how he couldn’t play for Harrisburg; it all smells like typical Nats roster maneuvering.
Luke. How will you big board recent
signed OF ( switch hitting ) Fernadys Sanchez?? DSL after missing 2016?? Add blue chip IFs to
DSL along with young lefty swinging Sanofil. Not bad talent .
Former Braves farm hand
Found on baseball- reference
March 1. Happy birthday Fernelys
Sanchez
Hasn’t played since 2014… hard to see him as anything but a project, perhaps even a convert to pitching.