Whatever the outcome of the 2020 baseball season, the Washington Nationals and their fans have signs of hope that could take off the hard edge.
One of them is that the Nationals and Atlanta Braves — at the bottom and top, respectively, in the National League East — played some compelling games, including Saturday night’s 2-1 Braves’ victory. Atlanta’s Ian Anderson had the Nats guessing for most of the game, but the Nats still found a way to put the tying run on base in the eighth, when Juan Soto struck out, and loaded the bases in the ninth, when Victor Robles flied out to end it.