For the second game in a row on Tuesday, Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez lifted Kyle Schwarber late in the game for a defensive replacement, as he had on Sunday afternoon in Nationals Park, when the 28-year-old slugger’s right knee started to bark.
“Schwarber, once again we took him out for defense because of his knee, so we’re going to have to keep an eye on him and I plan on doing that,” Martinez explained on Tuesday night in Philadelphia, PA’s Citizens Bank Park.
Late in games, Martinez said, as Schwarber said himself, it makes sense to take him out for a defensive replacement if the knee is an issue, for the sake of the outfielder and for the team, as a whole.