Josh Harrison hasn’t paid much mind this season to where he hits in the lineup or what he does to help the Washington Nationals win games.
So when he hit his first career grand slam in his first career start in center field in the Nats’ 12-9 win over the Baltimore Orioles, he was happy to acknowledge that he had fulfilled some career goals.
“I haven’t hit for the cycle and I haven’t hit a grand slam,” the 11th-year veteran remembers thinking, just last week, as teammate Yan Gomes was going for the cycle.