Some shaky defense on a damp infield led, in part, to four unearned runs scoring in the first inning of Jake Irvin’s May 4th outing at home in the nation’s capital, but Irvin put that rough start (a 35-pitch frame in the end) behind him and went on to toss four scoreless innings (on 62 pitches) in a 6-3 loss to Toronto.
[Jake] threw the ball really well,” manager Davey Martinez said after a 107-pitch turn in the rotation for Irvin, who was up to an average of 88+ pitches over seven outings on the year following the start.