What’s to make of a game like the Nationals’ 11-0 loss to the Orioles on Friday — in a season like 2020?
Maybe, to paraphrase Pedro Martinez, the Nats have to tip their caps and call the Orioles their daddy — or maybe they just throw up their hands and try again tomorrow.
The Nats’ bullpen featured some young pitchers with promising starts to the season, while the Orioles entered the game having been shut out twice in their past four. So when Anibal Sanchez continued his slow start by giving the Orioles five runs on ten hits and three walks in five innings, some of the Nats’ young guns had the opportunity to limit the damage, but it didn’t happen.