GAME IN A NUTSHELL: After sweeping the Braves to complete a impressive homestand, the Nationals headed west, hoping their red-hot bats would continue to show up in the hot, dry, desert air. Did it ever. The Nats blasted Josh Collmenter out of Chase Field, piling up 10 runs in the game’s first two innings to take a commanding lead on the Diamondbacks that was never in doubt.
Denard Span sent Collmenter’s second pitch of the night over the right-field fence to get things started. Ryan Zimmerman launched a 3-run homer later in the first inning. Wilson Ramos later cleared the bases with a double in the second to pile on.