Chad Kuhl gave up three of the four runs he allowed in his 2023 debut in his first inning on the mound for the Nationals, and the fourth in the second, before he strung together three scoreless frames in a five-inning outing against Tampa Bay in the nation’s capital.
“After the first couple innings in his last outing he settled down and threw the ball really well,” manager Davey Martinez said before Kuhl returned to Colorado’s Coors Field, where he pitched for the Rockies in 2022.
“I’m expecting him to go out there and do the same thing today.