WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven weeks ago, the Washington Nationals didn’t have much to dance about.
They were 12 games below .500 with the fourthworst record in baseball. They weren’t giving ace Max Scherzer and Co. enough run support, and the bullpen was a ticking time bomb to another deflating loss.
“Any way we could lose a game, we found a way to do it,” first baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. “Then you go t…