Washington nationals postseason

He gets fired up and he wants to compete. Josiah Gray, Nasty 85mph Slider. But he wants the ball every five days. In 11 starts with the Nationals before taking on the Red Sox, Gray had a 5. Going up against the Sox, the right-hander tossed three scoreless to start, on 46 pitches, but with two out in the fourth, he left a fastball up over the middle of the plate to Rafael Devers, who hit it feet to right for a solo shot and the first run of the game for either of the teams.

That ended up being the run Gray allowed in six innings of work, over which he gave up three hits and two walks, while striking out seven. Ding dong, Devers is here! Martinez said his starter actually brought up the decision to shake Keibert off on that pitch.

Just a matter of missing location, we handled him the other two at-bats, but yeah, just a matter of missing location. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Any of those games could prove pivotal in the four-team American League Wild Card race. This all wraps a season that started with legitimate hopes for another division title, and included a shooting outside Nationals Park that resulted in near-panic, a five-game winning streak that kept hopes unreasonably high, a trade deadline purge that saw those hopes crash and burn, and an assortment of growing pains and joys with a young, rebuilding team.

For not only the disproportionately represented Red Sox Nation, but for Nats fans, and really all baseball fans: A series with postseason-level tension. In a three-game set against a club in a four-team race, all separated by two games, just one game can make a difference. The Red Sox have to feel like anything but a sweep of the Nats will end their season, and Nationals fans have to feel like eliminating another team from postseason contention would be a pretty sweet ending to a season that turned hopeless months ago.

That the Nationals are playing this high-stakes game with a collection of young players trying to prove themselves, with a few veterans mentoring them, is all the more fun. In April, we dreamed of Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg staring down hitters in elimination games. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

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