MacKenzie Gore gave up one run on two hits in five innings against the Chicago Cubs in his first start of the second half, but he went back out for the sixth, and gave up two more, and allowed two in the seventh on one of two home runs he allowed when his manager sent the southpaw back out to the hill.
Gore tied his season-high with his 106 pitches in the outing.
“We were hoping to get him to about 105-110 pitches,” manager Davey Martinez said of his plan for the Nationals’ starter in the outing in Wrigley Field.