Trea Turner’s 0 for 5, four strikeout game on Monday left the Washington Nationals’ 27-year-old shortstop with a .205/.256/.231 line in the last 10 games, going back to the start of the recently-completed homestand.
Turner had been held hitless in five of those 10 games, and his four-K day was the first four-strikeout game for the infielder since way back in 2018. So what was going on?
“He’s chasing,” manager Davey Martinez said after Monday’s 5-3 loss in Atlanta, which saw Braves’ starter Charlie Morton flummox Turner, striking him out with breaking balls in three of their four head-to-head matchups.