Back-to-back-to-back blasts is probably not exactly what he meant, but it was nice to see. Though they finished Saturday’s game with 49 home runs as a team this season ( 25th of 30 MLB teams), Martinez has said all season once his sluggers start hitting them they’ll come in bunches. Those guys at the bottom are swinging the bats and getting on base, Lane and César are getting on base for the big guys, so everything is clicking right now, the last two days, everything was good, so let’s sustain that and keep going and try to go 1-0 tomorrow.” Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images “Now the big thing is to get those other guys on base, right? I mean that’s part of the equation. “Even those close pitches, they were fighting for it, and I know they were balls, and I just tried to stick with my strike zone.”Īll three swinging hot bats up at once, as Martinez said, makes a big difference. “I’ve just been a little rushed with my swing, but I tried to be more patient today, tried to stay in my strike zone, don’t swing at the pitches that they want. “I’ve been seeing the ball very well the last couple days,” Soto told reporters after the game. 9 of his last 12 hits have been extra-base hits (4 2B, 5 HR),” the club added, and he had a four-game hit streak after going 1 for 2 with two walks in the win on Saturday.
has recorded seven RBI(s) across his last three games,” going into Sunday’s game, and, “. 333 (24-for-72) with three doubles, one triple, three homers, 14 RBI, five walks and nine runs scored in his last 19 games,” and going into Sunday’s matchup, he’d, “hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games, going 17-for-47 (.362) with six multi-hit games over this stretch.” 648 slugging percentage during this stretch.īell, they noted, “is hitting. 423 (30-for-71) with seven doubles, three homers, 15 RBI, eight walks, one hit by pitch, one stolen base and 12 runs scored he has a.
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“In 20 games dating to May 20,” the Nationals highlighted in their pregame notes for the series finale with Milwaukee on Sunday, “Nelson Cruz is hitting. I mean, these guys are starting to swing the bats really well.” Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports During the winter when we put these guys together and we signed Nellie this is kind of what we envisioned, and now that the vision is coming true, I love it.
It was a big day for us when it comes to that. “The ball is traveling a little bit now,” Martinez said, “and our big guys are starting to swing the bats, so it was good to see those guys hit those home runs and drive in those runs. Juan Soto, Nelson Cruz, and Josh Bell went a combined 4 for 8 with four runs scored, eight RBIs, a double, and three home runs, with the three of them going back-to-back-to-back in the fifth as the Washington Nationals jumped out to an 8-1 lead, in what ended up being an 8-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.Īfter the game, the second straight W in D.C., manager Davey Martinez talked about getting all three of his middle-of-the-order bats humming at once with Soto, Cruz, and Bell all going well right now, and watching them hit the three straight homers, he said, is just how the club planned it when they put the roster together this winter, adding Cruz to the mix.
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