Victor Robles ambushed Chase Anderson on the first pitch of the first at bat of the bottom of the first inning on Wednesday night in Nationals Park, taking the Phillies’ starter deep to left field, 424 feet from home for his second home run of the season.
“He came out aggressive in the strike zone and that’s what we talk about with him,” Davey Martinez told reporters when the manager spoke after Washington’s third loss in a row to Philadelphia. “He gets a ball in the strike zone that he feels like he can hit, we want him to take a swing at it, and he did that in the first at bat, and he worked a walk, so overall like I said, he’s getting better.