Keibert Ruiz hit two home runs off Chicago Cubs’ starter Marcus Stroman when Washington visited Wrigley Field earlier this month. The home runs were the fifth and sixth home runs of 2022 for the Nationals’ 24-year-old catcher, and a good sign, his manager said, the work the backstop and his hitting coaches Darnell Coles and Pat Roessler were putting in was paying off.
“That was awesome,” Davey Martinez told reporters in his post game press conference from the Windy City. “He’s another kid that’s working really hard with Darnell and Six down there in the cage, and trying to get back-loaded, on his back side a little bit better, and tonight it paid off.