“We had some opportunities with guys on base, we hit the ball hard though, we lined out a few times, we just couldn’t get that big hit with guys on base,” Davey Martinez said of the 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position, 11-left-on-base showing for the Washington Nationals’ offense in Saturday night’s 6-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
“It was a tough night offensively. We tried to scratch and claw there at the end, but couldn’t finish it,” the fifth-year skipper said after the second of three losses his club suffered in their four-game series in PNC Park.