With multi-hit games in each of his last three starts, Howie Kendrick, (who’s 8 for 12 with a triple and two home runs in those games), is now 17 for 39 (.436/.476./692) so far in the month of September, making it difficult for manager Davey Martinez, (who has been calling lineups in over the last few days as he recuperated from a health scare), to leave the veteran infielder on the bench.
Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo, in his weekly visit with 106.7 the FAN in D.