Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez didn’t have Sean Doolittle available in the top of the ninth inning of the series finale with the Colorado Rockies on Thursday, after the Nats’ closer pitched in both games of Wednesday’s doubleheader in D.C. He did, however, have a 7-6 lead. So...
Erick Fedde went just four innings in the first of two games on Wednesday, so the Nationals needed to use Matt Grace, Wander Suero, Fernando Rodney, and Sean Doolittle in their 3-2 win.
Asked afterwards how his bullpen felt at that point, Martinez told reporters, “That’s a very good question.