“It would be nice to come up in those late innings,” Davey Martinez said before the finale of the Washington Nationals’ three-game set with the Cleveland Guardians this weekend, “and [have] somebody pop a home run with guys on base, but we got to continue to do the little things and try to keep the game as close as possible and try to get one more than the other guys.”
His club’s struggles with runners in scoring position have been an obvious issue early this season, but the sixth-year skipper said in his pregame press conference he does not want his young roster under any more pressure trying to make something happen at the plate.