Davey Martinez pumped the brakes some on the chatter about veteran catcher Kurt Suzuki returning to Washington’s lineup in one of the two games of yesterday’s doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phillies in D.C., after the Nationals’ 7-2 win in the series opener on Monday night.
Suzuki, 35, injured his elbow on a throw to second in a September 7th game in Atlanta, and was working hard to return before the end of the regular season, but Martinez said that talk of the backstop playing one of the two games on Tuesday was slightly premature.