Going up against Atlanta last week in the nation’s capital, Washington Nationals’ starter Joan Adon tossed three scoreless to start, working around a single and a walk.
Given a 3-0 lead to work with after three innings, however, the Nationals ‘25-year-old starter struggled, giving up a leadoff walk, RBI double, 2-out RBI double, and a 2-run home run, which put the Braves up 4-3 in what ended up an 8-5 win for the visiting team.
“He had good stuff tonight,” Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez said, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman.
“We jumped out and gave him a three-run lead, and after that he just decided he wasn’t going to attack the strike zone.