Washington’s Nationals opened the 2021 Grapefruit League schedule with a 4-4 tie with the St. Louis Cardinals in Jupiter, FL’s Roger Dean Stadium where Erick Fedde started for Davey Martinez’s club. We followed along as well as we could while logging onto a Zoom interview or two during the game to keep you up-to-date on the first competitive affair of the year for the Nats...
Run(s) Scored?: Andrew Stevenson, batting second and playing right field today, took a walk from Cards’ starter Jack Flaherty with one down in the first, hesitated a moment on the basepaths, and took third when Trea Turner doubled to the left-center gap in the next at bat, but was stranded when Josh Bell walked and Turner got thrown out at second on his first stolen base attempt of the year, and the Cards ended the inning to protect Flaherty in this new age of on the fly rules, apparently.