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Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez on Sean Doolittle struggling: “We need Sean Doolittle.”

Sean Doolittle talked after he gave up a leadoff walk, two hits, and a run in his 2020 debut, taking the loss in the finale of the season-opening series with the New York Yankees, about the work he’s doing to get straightened out after an odd offseason of starts and stops while baseball searched for a way to play during an ongoing pandemic.

Doolittle, 33, said he felt good even if the results weren’t there, and his velocity wasn’t what it usually is for the reliever.

“I have super-mixed emotions about it,” Doolittle said.