Davey Martinez said after the 8-0 loss to Houston in the series finale in D.C. on Sunday that Astros’ starter Justin Verlander, who held the club to two hits and three walks in five scoreless innings, had a lot to do with Washington’s offense coming up empty (though the ‘Stros’ relievers held the Nationals to two hits and a walk in four scoreless innings as well).
“Look who we faced today,” Martinez said, a day after the team scored 13 runs on 14 hits in their one win in the three-game series.
“That’s what — we’ve been swinging the bat well, regardless of whether we score runs or not, we’ve been getting 5-6-7 hits a game, eight hits a game, today that guy was good.