The Washington Capitals got blown out again on Sunday, giving up five goals or more for the sixth time in their last 10 games. Their latest failing, a 5-2 L to the New York Rangers, saw the Caps get scrappy in the final minutes as more frustration set in.
Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin was tossed with 3:31 left as he decided to spend his final shift making Barclay Goodrow’s life a living hell.
The Washington Nationals lost to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon, but that wasn’t the major storyline from the game.
Mike Rizzo, who signed a three-year extension yesterday, was watching the Nationals alone in a third-level suite. In the seventh inning, after a questionable strike call, Rizzo reacted out loud, apparently loud enough to be heard on field level. Umpire Joe West noticed Rizzo and then ejected him for not wearing a mask.
Yes, you read that correctly.
By Cara Bahniuk 3 years ago
Washington Nationals starting pitchers have sat in the stands during their off days without fans at games.
To the dismay of the home plate umpire, however, some of those Nationals starters have been getting chatty and a bit too involved expressing their opinions about called balls and strikes. And now our dear Nats have earned a funny and ignominious distinction: they are the first team in the MLB empty-stadium era to have multiple players ejected from the stands in the same week.
2019 World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg was ejected during the Nats’ game against the Mets on Thursday while Anibal Sanchez got tossed Sunday against the Orioles.
