Following a solid 6 1⁄3-inning outing by Patrick Corbin in the series opener in Milwaukee, WI on Friday night, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez turned to 23-year-old righty Mason Thompson, who fell behind the first batter he faced behind 3-0, but recovered to get a grounder to third for out No. 2 of the Brewers’ seventh, and a pop-up to short for out No. 3.
Martinez tried to get more out of the sinker-balling reliever, but when Thompson walked the first batter in the bottom of the eighth, the fourth-year manager went to the bullpen again.