The Nats, quite clearly, won’t be winning the NL East this year, meaning that if they make the playoffs, it’ll start with the spectacle of a one-game Wild Card. While home-field isn’t everything in those games, it sure helps — and this series with the Cardinals will likely be the most crucial in determining whether the mayhem takes place in Southeast Washington, if the Nats are part of it at all.
Here’s the scoop from St. Louis:
‘The last thing I wanted to do was be a jackass’: Davey Martinez on a night the Nats would like to forget (The Athletic)
Davey Martinez wasn't trying to be rude by appealing Charlie Culberson's attempt to get out of the way — but he did appeal the call as Culberson lay on the ground, according to Tim Timmons.