Reynaldo Lopez, who started Sunday night so the Nationals could give Max Scherzer some more rest, lasted four innings, allowing three runs. (Rich Schultz/Getty Images)How much consideration should you give a night like Sunday, when the Washington Nationals fell to the New York Mets, 5-1 ? [Stephen Strasburg could return to Nationals’ rotation as soon as Wednesday]“We had him on the ropes in the first inning, and we didn’t cash it in,” Baker said. Caption Max Scherzer stops the bleeding as the Nats blank the Orioles to halt a four-game slide. — it might be best to settle on something of an aberration, at least in the context of the Nationals’ season so far.

Source: Washington Post September 05, 2016 03:27 UTC