With the Washington Nationals season now mathematically over from a playoff standpoint, they need to be evaluating future pieces the rest of the way. One of those pieces is Austin Voth, and he impressed in a spot start Saturday.
He went five scoreless innings, with the only blemishes on his line a couple of first-inning walks and a Michael Conforto single in the fourth. The young right-hander also posted five strikeouts before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the fifth.
It was much better than his first major league outing against the very same Mets back in July.