Joe Ross was scuffling. He'd already given up eight hits, one walk and four earned runs. Ross received a mound visit from pitching coach Mike Maddux after a base-loading, two-out walk in the second, but when he ran into trouble again in the top of the fourth, Washington Nationals' skipper Dusty Baker went out to have a talk with his 23-year-old charge.
Why did Baker go to the mound?
"I don't know, I just felt it. 'It's time for me to go,'" the 67-year-old skipper told reporters after what ended up an 11-4 win for the Nats.