Last night’s game was called after five-plus innings due to rain and there is a threat of this afternoon’s series finale with Arizona in Washington, D.C. being washed out as well.
There was enough concern about the weather forecast in the nation’s capital over the next few days that Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo, in his weekly appearance on 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s The Sports Junkies on Wednesday, was asked how things would shake out if any of the games had to be postponed.
The Nationals, who’ve already wrapped up the NL East crown, have a magic number of three to secure home field advantage in their NLDS matchup with the NL West champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, after the Dodgers’ second straight loss to the San Diego Padres last night.