CHICAGO -- With roughly three weeks left in the season, all eyes will be on the younger players in Washington. This last month is a great opportunity for players like Brad Lord to show their potential for the future.

Lord surely showcased some of that potential in the Nationals’ 2-1 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon. He put together arguably the best start of his young career, allowing just one run on two hits across 5 2/3 strong innings.

“He was just attacking the strike zone,” interim manager Miguel Cairo said. “He mixed it up really good and threw strikes when he needed to throw strikes. He threw the breaking pitch when he needed to throw the breaking pitch. So he kept them out of balance. It was nice to see him come back and be himself.”

It was a nice sign

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