Aníbal Sánchez’s spot in the order was due up third in the seventh, and he’d thrown 89 total pitches, retiring 20 straight Los Angeles Dodgers’ hitters in succession after giving up a run in the first.
Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez hit for his pitcher, after back-to-back singles by Brian Dozier and Victor Robles, and got the tying run on a bases-loaded liner to left field by Adam Eaton that made 1-1, following an 11-pitch battle.
Gerardo Parra, who’d reached on an error on a bunt after the hits by Dozier and Robles, and moved to second base on a force at home on a grounder by Trea Turner, was thrown out at the plate for the second out of the inning trying to score on Eaton’s single on a controversial call.