Nelson Cruz was 0 for 14 coming out of the All-Star Break and 0 for 15 overall in his last five games before Davey Martinez decided to give the 42-year-old, 18-year veteran a night off in the second game of the Nationals’ three-game series in Los Angeles, CA’s Dodger Stadium last night.
“I gave him a day off,” Martinez said in his pregame press conference last night in LA.
“We got a quick turnaround tomorrow,” he explained, with a 10:10 PM ET start last night and 12:10 PM first pitch today. “So, he’s going to play tomorrow against the lefty [Andrew Heaney].