Offensive efforts lift Nationals to 3-1 victory over Brewers

After an impressive performance and a much-needed win from the Washington Nationals on Friday night, the momentum continued as the Nationals topped the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1, on Saturday night. It looked like left fielder James Wood was going to get things started for the Nationals early in the first inning. With the help of a throwing error caused by the Brewers' first baseman, Gary Sánchez, Wood found himself securing first.

Curtis Mead then grounded out to third. Wood was slowly making his way towards home. But after right fielder Daylen Lile grounded out to shortstop, the opportunity to strike first was paused.

With three more scoreless innings for both teams, it truly became a question of who would strike first. It wasn’t until the top of the fifth inning that fans got to see a Nationals offensive spark. With the bottom of the order lined up, Jacob Young singled to right followed by Nasim Nuñez and his double to right pushing Young to third.

With Wood back behind the bat and two runners in scoring position, Wood doubled to left on a four-seam 94mph fastball, putting Young and Nuñez at home. Jacob Young runs to third putting himself in scoring position.   The Brewers were looking to respond, and it appeared like they were going to do just that in the bottom of the sixth inning.