It didn’t take long for the Nationals to jump ahead of John Means and the Orioles on Sunday afternoon. That is, if you don’t count shortstop Trea Turner’s 11-pitch leadoff at-bat, which included five foul balls and resulted in a free pass. Juan Soto followed that up with a single and then Asdrubal Cabrera came up with a single that drove Turner home.
Kurt Suzuki hit a bloop popup into shallow right field that had Renato Nunez zig-zagging as he ran backwards and went into a slide, with the ball landing safely in the grass.