Here are some interesting quotes from Manager Davey Martinez and shortstop Lucius Fox after the Washington Nationals win 4-2 against the New York Mets to avoid an Opening Weekend sweep.
Lucius Fox
"I couldn't control myself. I was so excited to see the crowd involved and to get our first win, it was special. I definitely felt the energy from the crowd. It was an amazing time. It was a dream come true." - Washington Nationals Shortstop Lucius Fox, after getting a squeeze bunt down to score a tying run in his Major League Baseball debut.
"Okay, same game. Just a lot more eyes on you." - Washington Nationals Shortstop Lucius Fox on what he thought after making a diving play in the second inning of his debut.
Manager Davey Martinez
"pretty good news" - Davey Martinez on the results of MRI that showed biceps tendinitis for Mason Thompson.
"That’s a lot of homers. I told him he could have 50 of mine to get to 500, if he wanted. But that’s incredible, it really is." - Dave Martinez on Nelson Cruz's 450th career home run.
“It’s amazing what a little bunt can do for your team.” -- Davey Martinez on Lucius Fox's effort in today's game against the New York Mets.
New York Mets Post Game Quotes
“On the double-play ball, I just missed the throw. Don’t know why, my feet were set, I fielded the ground ball cleanly,” . “There was no rush, there was no need to rush. I felt like I was calm, cool and collected. I just missed the throw and as a result that kinda put the team in a really bad hole.” - 1B Pete Alonso on miss-fielding a possible double-play ball in the bottom of the eighth.
“Trevor [Williams] needed to pitch today and he was going to pitch and Chasen (Shreve) was going to pitch today,” said Showalter. “Can’t let them go four, five, six, seven days into the season (without pitching). They pitched well, both of them." New York Mets manager Buck Showalter opting to go to reliever Trevor Williams in a one-run game in the eighth inning rather than Trevor May, who did warm up at one point.
"Bang-bang play at home. Thought I made the right decision, thought I made the right play. If I were to throw it, I feel like it would be too quick and too close of a distance... Didn’t want to make a bad throw because the other runner is on base. Wanted to secure the baseball and make a good flip to [Tomas Nido]. Feel like I did that, just that he’s fast. I thought everything was clean, or at least it felt clean. Dee Gordon is one of the fastest players in the league. He got a good break on it, bang-bang play." - Pete Alonso on making a questionable underhand toss to home which wasn’t in time to get Dee Strange-Gordon out at home tying the game at two