Washington Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez talked after sending Max Scherzer out for an inning of relief work in Game 2 of the NLDS matchup with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night about how he was handling his starters in relief appearances after he’d used Stephen Strasburg for three innings out of the bullpen in the NL Wild Card win as well.
“You know, before the series started, before we even got to the playoffs, our game plan was to try to utilize these guys the best way possible without disrupting their starts,” the second-year skipper explained.