Trevor Williams gave up three hits, three walks, and three runs in a solid, if unspectacular, 94-pitch, 5 2⁄3 inning outing against San Diego in D.C. last week, and it was good enough in a 5-3 win for the home team.
“He gave us everything he had today,” Davey Martinez told reporters after the 10th start of the season for the 31-year-old righty, “and it was an unbelievable way to start off the game and going out there and giving us five-plus innings, that’s what we needed.”
Even more impressive for the Nationals’ manager, was the fact Williams did it against a left-hand heavy Padres’ lineup.