Ryan Zimmerman went 1 for 1 with a home run and a walk in his return to competitive action following a year off after he opted out of playing in 2020’s 60-game COVID campaign. Zim’s home run was the second of three consecutive bombs off of Houston Astros’ reliever Steve Cishek in the bottom of the third inning. Not bad for the 36-year-old Zimmerman’s first time out this spring, and first game since last Spring Training (1.0).
“Cisek is not an easy guy to face,” Zimmerman said when asked about the blast after he was done for the day in his 2021 Grapefruit League debut.