“That’s exactly what we wanted to see, right?” Davey Martinez asked rhetorically after his club wrapped up their spring schedule with a 3-0 win over the New York Yankees in their exhibition game in Washington, D.C.’s Nationals Park on Tuesday.
Martinez was talking about the combined 7 2⁄3 scoreless innings he got from his starters, Trevor Williams and MacKenzie Gore, who piggybacked to get their final tune-ups in before they make their first regular season starts for the ballclub. What was working on Tuesday?
Martinez said he was happy to see both pitchers, “pound the strike zone.