Davey Martinez’s club took the series finale in Arizona, and the first two in LA, snapping an 11-game home win streak (and 8-game win streak overall) for the Dodgers in the opener in Chavez Ravine. Getting two wins in Los Angeles was a surprising development, in context, with the way things have gone for Washington this season, but as the Nationals’ fifth-year manager said on Tuesday night, it all starts, as it always has, with good pitching.
“I’ve always said this,” Davey Martinez told reporters,” ... if our starting pitching can keep us in the game, we’ll score some runs, and our bullpen’s been pretty good.