WASHINGTON • The idea had to be to walk Kolten Wong and test their luck against Adam Wainwright and his pinch hit-honed swing. That's the play.
Wong didn't let a mistake get past him.
With two runners on base, first base open, and the pitcher on deck with two outs in the second inning, all signs pointed to Tanner Roark pitching around Wong and facing Wainwright with the bases loaded. Roark teased the edges of the strike zone, and one of the strikes he did get was when he climbed up to Wong's shoulder's with a pitch and the second baseman fouled it back.