Spring Training wins don’t mean much in the grand scheme of things, but the Washington Nationals mobbed Michael Taylor at the plate anyway after he smacked a two-out, walk-off home run off Astros left-hander Ashur Tolliver in the bottom of the ninth to hand the Nats their second victory of the Grapefruit League season.
Washington played its first game in its brand-new stadium, The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, beating its co-owners in the Astros 4-3. Taylor, who is 2-for-6 so far this spring with the home run, a stolen base and pair of runs scored, made an early impression on his coaches with the walk-off bomb.