"[I] capitalized on a couple of mistakes that were at the heart of the plate and put some good swings on them," said Martin, who hadn't collected a hit since the season opener on April 6. "It was definitely encouraging, but it's not really satisfying when you don't end up winning the game."
Martin had four walks over his past four games entering Friday.
"I'm always going to battle," he said of his plate discipline. "That's just going to be something you see from me all year. I just felt like for the most part I was getting behind in counts a lot and was more in a defensive mindset and trying to fight pitches when the pitchers get ahead, you kind of have to expand the zone.