Atlanta, with a lead of more than 30 games on the Nationals, flexed a little bit in a 10-3 win at Nationals Park. Call it a learning experience for Dave Martinez’s young team.
. Irvin threw 80 pitches and didn’t make it out of that inning. The victory left Atlanta 30½ games clear of the Nationals in the NL East.
“Just kind of fighting myself at times,” said Irvin, who had both his curve and sinker hit hard in the third. “It’s just tough to face a lineup like that when you don’t feel 100 percent. That’s on me. I got to be better.”A few surface-level stats to explain Atlanta’s offensive dominance: The Braves entered the night with a slugging percentage of .500, a 32-point lead on the next closest team in the majors. Seven of their nine starters Thursday had an OPS of at least .900.
“You got to attack. You can’t fall behind,” Martinez said. “Jake just fell behind a lot of good hitters. And when you fall behind, you got to give them good pitches to hit. That’s what happened tonight.”On Harris’s double, Call broke straight in when he should have sprinted back on contact. His reads have generally been sound this season, in which he has typically played center field, but he started in left Thursday because the Nationals faced the left-handed Max Fried.
Washington rallied in the ninth, pushing two runs across against reliever Jackson Stephens. But that would only dent a large deficit, doing little to hide the sharp contrasts between a first- and last-place team.: Jake Bennett, one of the Nationals’ top pitching prospects, underwent Tommy John surgery this month, according to two people familiar with the situation. The surgery, which also included internal bracing in Bennett’s left elbow, should keep him out for the entirety of next season.
The Nationals announced their minor league awards Thursday, highlighting James Wood for his offense, lefty Andrew Alvarez for his pitching, infielder Trey Lipscomb for his defense, outfielder Johnathon Thomas for his baserunning and outfielder Jacob Young for best representing the “Nationals Way.”
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