Victor Robles didn’t get the call, and he instead found himself with a full count in his second major league at-bat. The Nationals’ magic number entering Sunday is two. We just have to go out and play.”[Stephen Strasburg to start Sunday; Jayson Werth will sit out all weekend]So much of the Nationals’ season has been, in effect, a foregone conclusion. Catchers Matt Wieters and Jose Lobaton are banged up these days, so Baker gave rookie Raudy Read his first major league start behind the plate. He got his third hit in seven big league at-bats to start the seventh inning, which the Nationals began down a run.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2017 02:48 UTC