Last night, the Washington Nationals got a good start out of Mat Latos as he filled in for Stephen Strasburg’s spot in the starting rotation. The 28-year-old right-hander went 4.1 innings, gave up one run on three hits, struck out four, and walked three on only 68 pitches in last night’s 8-1 win over the New York Mets.
The reason Latos only threw 68 pitches last night was he had to leave the game due to injury. Injuries aren’t new to the Washington Nationals starting rotation lately (i.e Stephen Strasburg and Joe Ross).