The Washington Nationals had their best week since the end of May. They had a winning week for the first time since they took series against the Mariners and D-Backs right around Memorial Day. The Nats played a good ball game today, pouncing on mistakes at the plate and locating on the mound.
Jake Irvin had an excellent start. He wasn’t missing a ton of bats with just two strikeouts and eight whiffs. However, he did a nice job limiting the damage and avoiding hard contact later on in his start. He was running into a lot of loud outs early, but as the game went on, he settled in
Interestingly, Irvin’s velocity was up today.