In his first game back following a 40-game stint on the Disabled List with what he revealed on Friday was a bone bruise and sprained ligaments in his wrist, Brian Goodwin got the start in center field, but Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez cautioned reporters not to read too much into the fact that Michael A. Taylor was getting a day off.
Goodwin had hit starter Mike Foltynewicz in the past, 6 for 10, double and a home run, and Taylor, 27, had appeared in all 55 games this season to that point, starting in 51, so Martinez said it was just a night off for the outfielder he considered his everyday center fielder.