What does Davey Martinez make of the first 16 games, over which his Nationals are 7-9 after taking 2 of 3 from the Cardinals this week?
“I’d much prefer being 9-7 or above .500,” Martinez told reporters after the 1-0 win over the Cards in the series finale in Nationals Park.
“But you know what,” he continued, “like I told them again tonight, I said, ‘Hey, keep playing, keep grinding. Go 1-0 every day. That’s who we are. Don’t change anything. Keep plugging away. We’re going to be fine.’ And these guys, like I said they come out every day and they play as hard as they can, and today we just needed one more than the other guys like we do every day, and all we needed was one.