Jon Lester didn’t make it through the fourth last night. He held the Tampa Bay Rays to one run on four hits, but he also walked four, and the third and fourth free passes, in the home-half of the fourth, were followed by a single, on his 91st pitch.
With the bases loaded and two out, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez went to the bullpen for right-hander Wander Suero, who got the final out to keep it a 1-1 game, but Suero issued back-to-back walks in the first two at bats of the Rays’ fifth, and both runners he put on came around to score as the home team took a 3-1 lead that held up.