Of course then they hit.

16 hits!

They had 23 in their other 4 games

Still lost but in a world where Nats fans are searching for reasons this team can be watchable this year, this is a positive turn. 

Kuhl was Kuhl which honestly met his goal. Which is "don't be so bad we have to replace you with someone after like three games" and now we're back to Corbin and we can see some second starts and see what might be patterns developing. That's really what early to mid April is about. Not identifying problems and successes but identifying where you might be noting problems and success come mid May.  April is all about where to put the eyeballs and pay attention. 

Today ends the Rays series then it's off to play Colorado. That'll be interesting as the Braves and Rays are likely good teams and the Rockies likely not.  The Nats were always going to be expected to come out losers in the first two series but they could win the next one.

Some other notes 

If you love balls in play the Nats are great at that. They have the 5th highest % of PAs that don't end in Ks or BBs.  3rd highest if you throw in HRs!  They are also decent at this from a pitching standpoint but that isn't as fun.

The Nats are officially young at the plate. They are the 4th youngest team in terms of age of players batting. However they aren't all that young on the mound, still above average in age there. They only really have 4 young pitchers going now - Gore and Gray along with Mason Thompson and Thaddeus Ward