Yay Interleague baseball! After being shut out twice in a row, the Washington Nationals enjoyed some batting practice Friday evening, right through their 17-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.
In their team's biggest offensive show since the Expos moved to Washington in 2005, Danny Espinosa -- who entered the game with a terrible .194 batting average -- homered and drove in five runs. Jayson Werth smashed two longballs and four RBI, with Roger Bernadina, Wilson Ramos, and Laynce Nix also going yard during the 19-hit attack.
Mark down those six home runs as a Nationals team record, as well.
Meanwhile, the Orioles are not in a good place. They've now lost four straight, and have surrendered 30 runs in their last two games and 42 during the skid. Yikes.
Fun fact: The Expos' record for runs in a game was 21 against the Colorado Rockies on April 28, 1996, while the most homers they ever hit in a game was eight against the Atlanta Braves on July 30, 1978.
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2 comments:
It's about time my Nats bust out of this slump! Hopefully this is the beginning of something special.
That game was a disaster.
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