Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals

Nationals manager Blake Butera found himself in an unusual scenario watching the game on Monday. Instead of the dugout, he was sitting in his office digesting his first Major League ejection when starting left-hander Andrew Alvarez entered the visitors’ clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park. The rookie had just pitched a career-high 6 1/3 innings, and he had held the Phillies to two runs off three hits. But with one out in the seventh, he hit Bryan De La Cruz with a slider. The next at-bat, he walked Bryson Stott on five pitches. “Being ejected from the game that night actually gave me another glimpse into Andrew Alvarez,” Butera said. “... \[He was\