With no fans inside Nationals Park and nothing but music and fake crowd noise, this was a glimpse of baseball in 2020. It was quiet and weird, with the soft relaunch beginning once Max Scherzer fired a first pitch curveball to Andrew McCutchen. The Phillies eventually won, 7-2, with Max Scherzer giving up seven runs across the first and second innings. Deciding to play the season in Washington was a box the Nationals had to check. Next, the Nationals have an exhibition in Baltimore on Monday, inviting a fresh round of questions: What will traveling entail?

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2020 01:34 UTC