The ball off the bat of the Milwaukee Brewers’ Omar Narváez traveled all of 30 feet from home plate, toward the Washington Nationals’ dugout on the first-base side.
With one out in the fifth inning, the Nationals were watching their lead over the Brewers dwindle after Christian Yelich cut it to 3-2 with a single for one of his six RBIs on the day.
But the play unfolding was one of several fundamental errors manager Davey Martinez said cost his team the lead in the inning and led to 9-6 loss that ended a three-game winning streak.