Howie Kendrick was penciled into the lineup for the series opener in Arizona on Friday, but the veteran infielder was scratched with leg cramps ten minutes before the start of the first of three in Chase Field.
Matt Adams started at first base, against left-hander Alex Young, and drove in two of three runs the Washington Nationals scored in a 3-0 win.
“I had to go chase [Adams] down and tell him he was in the game,” Martinez said of the last-minute rewrite of the Nats’ lineup before the opener, “and he comes up with a big hit for us.