Less than a dozen games into his big league career, yet two years after his debut, Tres Barrera is on a roll.
A day after scoring his first career walk-off run in his ninth career game, the Washington Nationals’ rookie catcher belted his first career homer off former Nats’ left-hander Ross Detwiler in an 18-1 win over Miami on Monday night.
He was also behind the plate for left-hander Jon Lester’s finest start of the season, allowing six hits over seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts.
“Oh, man! Kind of blacked out running the bases.