Gio Gonzalez gave up six hits, four walks, and four earned runs in just 3 1⁄3 innings against the San Francisco Giants last week, throwing 97 pitches to the 20 batters he faced before Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez pulled the plug on the left-hander’s 13th start of 2018.
Washington won the game, however, so Gonzalez extended a personal unbeaten streak to eight-straight outings, in which he put up a 2.44 ERA, 20 walks, 46 Ks, and a .216/.293/.335 line against in 48 innings.
“He just got into too many 3-2 counts, 2-2, 3-2,” Martinez explained.