Before Thursday’s game between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles, Nationals manager Dave Martinez said his pitching staff’s recent susceptibility to the home run ball should work itself out.
The last time Washington pitching didn’t allow a home run in a contest was June 5. Still, the Nationals’ 3.40 team ERA is third best in MLB.
“We’ve been giving up a lot of homers, which, to me, is kind of, like, uncharacteristic,” Martinez said. “But I think that’ll go away.”
At the center of the trend rests Nationals ace Max Scherzer, who is compiling what could be a third-consecutive Cy Young-winning season.