Sean Doolittle’s velocity was where it should be during his 20-pitch outing in Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees, but the Washington Nationals’ reliever was frustrated with a few things.
Doolittle entered the game with the scored tied at 2-2 in the eighth, walked the first batter he faced, and surrendered one and two-out singles, the second by Gleyber Torres, whose line drive to left brought the leadoff walk around and put the visiting Yankees up for good.
His mechanics were better, his velocity was up to an average of 91.