Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon collected his first career hit and RBI in Monday's series opener against the Cardinals. He drove in Ian Desmond with an opposite-field double in the fourth inning and finished 1 for 4 in a 3-2 loss.
"It is the one thing you are going to cherish for the rest of your life," Rendon told MASNSports.com. "You don't get another one. The second one doesn't count as much as the first one. It is just a memory in the back of your head."
Rendon, filling in for the injured Ryan Zimmerman, has gone 1 for 8 with four strikeouts in two games.