Trea Turner bolts for home on Alejandro de Aza’s fifth-inning single Tuesday night at Nats Park. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)A few hours before every game, Washington Nationals first base coach Davey Lopes, the club’s 72-year-old base running savant, meets with the base stealing threats in that day’s starting lineup. “Are we going to do this again?” Nationals shortstop Trea Turner said with a smile as he saw Lopes approach. [Now batting for the Washington Nationals . But Turner didn’t run until the count went full on Alejandro De Aza.

Source: Washington Post August 30, 2017 03:02 UTC