“Look, I’ve known Trevor for a while,” Nationals’ manager Davey Martinez told reporters after he pulled Trevor Williams at 77 pitches on the road in Oakland, with Washington up 6-1 over the A’s. Williams got through five innings on 67 pitches, giving up just one run, but a walk to the leadoff batter in the sixth inning, and a one-out double put runners on first and third, so Martinez went to the bullpen.
“Right about that 80-pitch mark, I think that’s good for him,” the Nats’ skipper told reporters.
“My decision was to take him out. He did great.