Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez talked after Saturday night’s loss in Atlanta about his message for the team, to make sure they weren’t pressing and focused on their place in the NL East standings, after a third consecutive loss.
He said he wanted them to stick to their goal of winning each game, or going 1-0 every day, as Martinez likes to say.
“Just keep everything simple, that’s what I want them to do, stay one game at a time, stay in the moment, we’re in the here and now.”
Asked if he felt the need to reiterate his message and make sure his team remained focused on the task at hand, especially after they dropped three in a row to the Braves and four in a row overall last week, the second-year skipper said there was a lot of pressure, which made it even more important to stick with the approach he’s preached all season.