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Working over Scherzer pays off for Blanco
- Updated: April 27, 2016
WASHINGTON — Give Andres Blanco a break. He just wants to get comfortable, too.
He had a big night Tuesday in a 4-3 victory over the Nationals at Nationals Park. He hit a two-run home run against Nationals ace Max Scherzer in the first inning and made Scherzer work hard in a nine-pitch at-bat in the third. Blanco then hit a first-pitch fastball for a single against Scherzer in the fifth and doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh against Oliver Perez.
“It’s not approach,” Blanco said. “It’s just getting a chance to play and just having your best swing. He attacks the zone and he found my bat right away.”
Blanco truly shined in those first two at-bats.
Scherzer issued a leadoff walk to Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera in the first. Scherzer got a first-pitch strike on Blanco, but Scherzer got preoccupied with Herrera at first base and held the ball an inordinate amount of time out of the stretch.
Blanco called time once.
He called time twice.
He then smacked a two-run homer to …
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