Hernández's output was the lone bright spot in an 8-2 shellacking by the Phillies Saturday night. The 32-year-old has been a massive disappointment after hitting just a lone homer after smacking 18 round-trippers with the White Sox last year.

It's the first three-RBI game of the year for Hernández, who never even had two RBI this season until hitting his first homer, a two-run shot against the Mets, four days ago. He really needs a strong finish here if he's going to get more than a minor league contract as a free agent this winter.

Hernández's homer came in his 546th plate appearances of the season. Last year, he hit 21 homers in 637 plate appearances. Since the homer was a two-run shot, this also goes as his first multi-RBI game of the season. Primarily a leadoff man in the first half, he's driven in just 28 runs all season.

Hernández singled and stole a base -- his fifth theft of the season -- in the third inning before plating the Nationals' lone run of the one-sided contest with an RBI single to right field off Phillies starter Aaron Nola in the fifth inning. The 32-year-old middle infielder is hitting an underwhelming .241/.305/.307 with 51 runs scored, zero home runs, 23 RBI and five steals across 468 plate appearances.