The pitcher turned position player is having a pretty decent spring for the Washington Nationals. For the first six years of his major league career, Micah Owings was a starting pitcher. He was a starting pitcher who always possessed a good bat. In 205 at bats in his career, Owings has contributed 14 doubles, 2 triples, and 9 home runs.
Owings brought that power to the Nats yesterday, blasting a grand slam home run to lift the Nationals to a 6-3 win over the Astros. Owings hit the slam while pinch hitting for Bryce Harper. For the spring, Owings is batting .368, collecting 7 hits in 19 at bats, including 3 doubles and 2 home runs. Overall, the Nats offense collected 13 hits off the Astros.
Jayson Werth hit his first home run of the spring and Ryan Zimmerman collected two more hits to push his spring batting average to an impressive .500 (11 for 22). Werth was also 2 for 3 on the day. Steve Lombardozzi had two hits as well.
Chris Young made the start on the mou...
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DC Pro Sports Report:
PLAYERS:
Micah Owings,
Bryce Harper,
Jayson Werth,
Ryan Zimmerman,
Chris Young,
Zach Duke,
Tyler Clippard,
Rafael Soriano,
Anthony Rendon,
Carlos Rivera,
Corey Brown,
Fernando Abad,
Gio Gonzalez,
Stephen Strasburg,
Cole Kimball
TEAMS: Washington Nationals
TEAMS: Washington Nationals
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