“They’ve been really working with him all week long,” manager Davey Martinez said of the work his staff did to address the leg cramps Joan Adon dealt with in back-to-back outings before taking on the Philadelphia Phillies last week in Citizens Bank Park.
“So hopefully there’s no issues today, and the biggest thing for him is to go out there and get through that first inning with no issues, and then we’ll go from there.”
There were no issues with cramping.
Adon, who took a bid for a perfect game into the sixth inning in his first start back up in the majors back on August 5th in Cincinnati, before struggling with cramps, (and his command) in back-to-back starts, actually tossed 3 2⁄3 scoreless in Philly, but a two-out walk to Trea Turner kept the bottom of the fourth alive, and four straight RBI hits followed, the fourth a 2-run homer by Kyle Schwarber, before the Nationals’ 25-year-old starter got out No.