Recently-added Washington Nationals’ left-hander Roenis Elías made his debut with his new team last night, after he was acquired from the Seattle Mariners at the Trade Deadline this week, recording two outs on seven pitches once he took over for Joe Ross in Friday’s series opener with the Arizona Diamondbacks in Chase Field.
With left-hander Jake Lamb due up first for the D-backs’ in the bottom of the seventh inning, Elías’s new skipper, Davey Martinez, sent the southpaw (who had only six plate appearances between Boston and Seattle as an American Leaguer exclusively over the first six seasons in the majors before the trade), out to hit for himself in the top of the seventh inning.