Washington’s Nationals took 2 of 3 from the Cardinals in St. Louis, and went into the series finale in Arizona yesterday with a chance to finish their road trip 3-3 after losses in the first two games with the D-backs.
“We got a chance to go 3-3 on this road trip,” manager Davey Martinez said after a 17-0 loss on Tuesday night, “which will say a lot, so we’ll come back tomorrow, we’re out of July, new month, so let’s try to go 1-0 tomorrow.”
Martinez said before the game he and those players who remained Nationals after the 2024 Trade Deadline passed were happy to move on from an emotional couple weeks, and focus on playing baseball over the final two months-plus of the season.