Yan Gomes threw out two more runners on Friday night, after a leadoff walk by Washington Nationals’ starter Erick Fedde in the third, and a leadoff single in the fifth, taking two of the four leadoff men Fedde let on off the basepaths, and helping his pitcher through the seven scoreless innings he threw in what ended up a 1-0 win.
“It’s huge,” Fedde said of the help from his catcher. “I had a couple leadoff walks, might even have been three, but for him to get guys out like that, I mean, he’s been something else.