Perhaps the Washington Nationals have found their leadoff man in Lane Thomas.
The team’s offense has certainly caught fire since manager Davey Martinez put the streaky 26-year-old outfielder with a career .234 average and .323 on-base percentage atop his batting order in Thursday’s 7-4 loss to Miami.
Thomas responded by going 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring a run and driving in another.
Since then, an offense that had produced eight runs in its previous three games (all losses) scored 24 in it’s next three, when the Nats went 2-1 against three left-handers.
In that span, Thomas has gone 5-for-11 with a pair of walks, scoring six runs.