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Story by Liz Alper
Photo: the Nationals stoned the Padres offensively and defensively. Via @Nationals on Twitter
August 18, 2017 (San Diego) - Pitching was good for the Padres last night, but Ryan Zimmerman was too tough to beat and the Nats took game one on his eighth inning home run. Luckily, there’s still three more games left, including tonight’s. Matt Grace, starting in place of Max Scherzer, started on the hill for the Nationals against Luis Perdomo.
Howie Kendrick needed to get away from the Phillies desperately and it showed in the top of the first when he hit a solo homer to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead.
Michael Taylor added on in the second with a single that scored Matt Wieters and the Nats took a 2-0 lead.
Dusty Coleman helped the Padres out in the fifth with a solo homer to cut the lead in half. Washington still led 2-1.
But the Nationals pulled further away in the sixth when Adam Lind singled to score Anthony Rendon to extend the lead to 3-1.
The Nats added two more in the seventh with a sac fly by Alejandro De Aza and a single by Kendrick that scored him to take a 5-1 lead.
Daniel Murphy added another run for good measure in the ninth with a single to right that scored Kendrick. Rendon hit a sac fly to score Wilmer Difo and the Nationals took game two with a 7-1 win.
We’re back to 5:40 p.m. Saturday starts for tomorrow night. SDSU alum Stephen Strasburg starts for Washington against Travis Wood.
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