These Washington Nationals are a young team, still learning how to win. The Nationals rallied from a four-run deficit in the seventh to grab a one-run lead on the San Diego Padres heading to the ninth inning.
Nationals fans poised to celebrate a series win instead issued a collective groan and looked to their seats. The Padres’ dugout — and their fan contingent behind it — erupted. And the Nationals, after a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth, swallowed another heartbreaking loss, their third this month via a go-ahead or walk-off homer in the ninth inning.“This game, you have to play all 27 outs, right?” Manager Dave Martinez said. “But you keep battling. Every moment is a learning moment.
Padres Manager Bob Melvin turned to right-hander Nick Martinez, so the Nationals’ Martinez opted to replace righty Stone Garrett with lefty Corey Dickerson, who hit an RBI single to make it 5-3. Dominic Smith followed with an RBI single to make it 5-4, then Alex Call’s bunt resulted in a single and throwing error that scored Dickerson with the tying run.Martinez again turned to his bench, calling on his switch-hitting catcher Keibert Ruiz to hit for Riley Adams.
But he then walked Juan Soto — the second of the four free passes the former Nationals star was given Thursday — to load the bases. Irvin had thrown seven straight balls and was down in the count 3-0 to Xander Bogaerts before he threw a strike, drawing sarcastic cheers from the home crowd.
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