PHILADELPHIA – Luis Garcia, 20, came back to the dugout here Tuesday night and told his manager he knew that Phillies’ ace Aaron Nola was going to throw him breaking balls.
“I just swung at them,” noted Garcia, according to Dave Martinez.
And the reaction of the skipper?
“That is him being young,” Martinez told reporters before Wednesday’s game with Philadelphia.
Garcia doubled in his first at-bat Tuesday then fanned against right-hander Nola in his next two trips.
The rookie second baseman has just one hit in his last five games through Tuesday and his average has fallen to .