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Nationals take 2-0 lead in World Series, have won 8-straight games since Alex Ovechkin threw out first pitch

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The Washington Nationals are now two wins away from winning the World Series.

Kurt Suzuki was the unlikely hero in Game Two, clobbering a 381-foot home run that began a six-run seventh inning. The Nats scored 10 runs with their final three innings, winning 12-3.

Incredibly, the Nationals have won eight-straight games since Alex Ovechkin threw out the first pitch during Game Four of the National League Divison Series.

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Suzuki’s solo shot came off Astros starter Justin Verlander who struck out six in six innings pitched.

The veteran catcher celebrated his World Series dinger by doing the Macarena in the dugout.

According to @StatsCentre, Suzuki became the third catcher, age 36 or older, to hit a championship series bomb.

The Astros imploded from there. Howie Kendrick, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Ryan Zimmerman knocked in runs in the seventh. Alex Bregman added to the bleeding with a throwing error.

Astros fans were not happy.

Adam Eaton added a two-run home run in the eighth, which seems appropriate as he was the one who caught Ovi’s first pitch eight games ago.

I’m not sure what’s happening here, but I really like what’s happening here.

Cabrera drove in Juan Soto in the eigth. Michael A. Taylor added a solo shot in the ninth inning. The Astros’ Martin Maldonado hit a solo dinger of his own at the bottom of the inning to close the scoring.

Stephen Strasburg threw six tremendous innings for the Nationals, giving up only two runs and striking out seven Astros batters. It’s his fourth victory in the 2019 postseason.

I also need to give props to Fernando Rodney, who came in relief. He is a very young man.

The game initially looked like it’d be a track meet. Anthony Rendon hit a two-run double in the top of the first, giving the Nationals a 2-0 lead.

The Astros responded immediately in the next half inning as Alex Bregman hit a two-run home run that sent the choo choo out at Minute Maid Park.

But the Nats’ bats and clutch pitching could not be overcome. And the Astros could not make the big plays when they needed to.

The Washington Nationals now have an opportunity to close out the series at home during Games Three and Four at Nationals Park later this week. It’ll be the first World Series games in DC since 1933.

¡Bailamos! 🕺

P.S. – Houston, we’ve got a problem.

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