The Nats lost their homestand opener 7-5 on Friday night. Mark & Al examine the 7-5 loss to the Padres that put the team back at .500 after two consecutive defeats. (04:45) Paxton Schultz surprisingly was used as the Opener and his 26 pitch 1st inning set
I have to say Garcia was uncharacteristically disciplined in that AB. He is near the top of the MLB in chase rate and he's even more susceptible to it when bases are loaded. He laid off a lot of bad pitches and Miller I think was intentionally trying to get him to chase out of the zone. That was a good hit that was 1 step shy of a base clearing double.
I have to say Garcia was uncharacteristically disciplined in that AB. He is near the top of the MLB in chase rate and he's even more susceptible to it when bases are loaded. He laid off a lot of bad pitches and Miller I think was intentionally trying to get him to chase out of the zone. That was a good hit that was 1 step shy of a base clearing double.