Victor Robles got the key on a shoestring, which is apparently the key to the batter’s box, after he homered for the first time this season on Tuesday night in the nation’s capital, to drive in what ended up being the winning for the Washington Nationals in a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay’s Rays. Robles was excited enough that he held it up as he ran the gauntlet of high fives and attaboys in the Nats’ dugout, and the MASN cameras caught it.
“Yeah, it’s something that, the last two or three weeks [manager] Davey [Martinez] carries it around,” Robles told reporters in his post game Zoom call after the win, “and he hands it to the home run of the game, kind of like the key of the game with a home run, and he handed it to me today.