Washington NationalsvsArizona Diamondbacks
WSH 14/ARI 1
Things to say
Nationals shellacked the Diamondbacks 14-1 at Chase Field.
01
opener
Nats put up a fourteen-spot in the desert. Arizona never had a pulse. One of those games where you check the score in the fifth and just turn it off.
02
key player
Whoever was in the heart of that Washington order was eating — you don't hang fourteen without two or three guys going yard.
03
hot take
Arizona's manager left the starter out there to die. Should've gone to the pen an inning earlier and saved some arms.
04
deep cut
Diamondbacks are sitting at 33-30 and now they've got the Nats — a sub-.500 club — hanging crooked numbers on them at home.
05
exit
Getaway day tomorrow, we'll see if Arizona's bullpen has anything left after that bloodbath.
The recap
Nats absolutely torched the Snakes 14-1 out in the desert, and it wasn't even that close. Washington's bats got into Arizona's stuff early and never let up, turning Chase Field into a batting cage.
The D-backs manager went to the pen way too early and the bullpen just poured gas on it. Getaway day blowout, Nats climb back to .500.