An outing after he tossed eight scoreless innings against New York’s Mets in the nation’s capital, giving up just one hit and one walk, Jake Irvin faced the Nationals’ NL East rivals again in consecutive outings, in Citi Field this time, and gave up nine hits and six runs in what ended up being a six-inning start.
“He wasn’t as sharp,” manager Davey Martinez said after Irvin’s second straight start against the Mets.
“His breaking ball wasn’t as sharp. He fell behind a couple hitters, made some mistakes just by location. But all in all he gave us the innings we needed, it was just one of those days.