The Washington Nationals were playing error-free, albeit hardly flawless, baseball heading into Tuesday night’s contest in Atlanta, Georgia, but their first two errors of the season played memorable roles as Tuesday’s 16-4 loss in Truist Park morphed from routine to rout.
Starter Patrick Corbin and the Nats came into the third inning with a manageable 3-1 deficit, but the first error of the season, Victor Robles’ misplay on a bounding ball, keyed a three-run third inning that had Corbin looking like his head was on a swivel, permitting hard contact almost every time.
Austin Voth got the Nats out of the inning.