DJ IN D.C.:
In his previous four starts before facing the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon in D.C., DJ Herz gave up 6 of the 15 hits, 7 of his 11 walks, and 4 of the 7 runs he allowed in the outings in the first innings of those appearances.
“The first inning over the last couple of starts has been rough,” manager Davey Martinez told reporters, as quoted on MLB.com, after Herz tossed a clean first inning (minus the HBP and the 2 walks which loaded the bases before he got out of the 27-pitch bottom of the inning in Atlanta) against the Braves last week in Truist Park, “.