 The Nationals hitters ran into a buzzsaw by the name of Dylan Cease as Cease struck out nine over seven shutout innings. Herz, not quite as efficient as he had been in previous starts, gave up a two-run homer to Kyle Higashioka and two more runs in the fourth. Herz was out after three and a third and the Padres broke the game wide open with a grand slam second homer of the day for Kyle Higashioka against Tanner Rainey in the bottom of the eighth. Looked like the Nationals might get shut out on the way to Tampa, but