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Adon vs the Marlins - Round 2: Joan Adon held Miami's Marlins scoreless over six innings last week in loanDepot park, starting out 3 without walking a batter in a 7-4 win for Washington. "Male, his fastball was excellent, his breaking sphere was excellent," Nationals' captain Davey Martinez told reporters in discussing Adon's trip. "His changeup, his changeup was actually, truly excellent today. It made all the various other pitches that better. He struck the zone, and when he does that he's really effective, and he pitched truly well for us and we were able to get a win. ""All my five pitches were working today," Adon said after the start, as quoted by MASN's Bobby Blanco. "I really felt like all five of them were functioning today quite possibly. "Martinez claimed he's seen tremendous growth from the 25-year-old pitcher this period, even before the most recent job as a part of the big organization rotation. "Even when he was appearing of the bullpen for us earlier, I saw a big difference in him," he clarified. "His attitude, his maturation, and he returned down, he functioned on some points we asked him to do, and currently he's obtaining a chance to pitch every 5 or six days, and has actually succeeded. "How would he make out facing the Marlins in consecutive beginnings? Not as well. Adon surrendered back-to-back songs to begin the game, and two outs later, Bryan De La Cruz drove a run in with an RBI double on a 2-0 sinker up De La Cruz lined out to limbo, off of the wall surface on a hop. still counts. Two songs and a hit batter packed the bases with one out in the 4th, and Luis Arraez's soft pop to secondly was caught by Michael Chavis at 2nd, and he threw to second to obtain one out prior to CJ Abrams tossed to third for a double play, but a run scored as on the play, 2-0, and Jazz Chisholm, Jr. struck a three-run blast in the 5th (after a solitary and another HBP), to put the Fish up 5-0 in what ended up a 6-1 win. Adon-de fue la pelota? Adon did document 11 moving and 11 called strikes on the evening, tossed 84 pitches total in his 5 innings, 50 of them for strikes, and ended up allowing 9 hits, a walk, and those 5 runs, all earned. "Adon could not repeat his delivery, struggled a little bit," Martinez stated after the Nats' series-opening loss Marlins Store. "He just couldn't duplicate his mechanics," the sixth-year captain discussed. "His arm was delaying a bit on some pitches, that's why I think he obtained a little wild, so we'll obtain him back and get him squared away. His last trip he was-- as we all saw-- he was truly great. This moment he fell behind a lot, and simply couldn't everything with each other, his rhythm was off a bit, his tempo was a little off also, so [Pitching Coach Jim Hickey] will certainly speak to him, we'll get him back to throw his bullpen, and obtain him settled away. "The supervisor was asked if he was shocked to see Adon battle like he did coming off a solid begin against the Marlins in Miami. "He's been pitching well. His changeup was excellent today. Out of any kind of pitch, his changeup was great, he simply supported, and when you obtain behind like that, you have actually obtained some good players, you're mosting likely to pay the cost. "His tempo, Martinez included, was also slow, in the manager's viewpoint. "His last outing, he obtained back on the pile, he was going, today he was type of pacing around a little bit and taking his time a little more than normal. "LANE THOMAS SCRATCHED: Lane Thomas left the series finale in Toronto after 7 innings when, according to what his manager said after the loss to heaven Jays, his back tightened up on him. "Yeah, his back tightened up on him," Martinez discussed. "He claimed something so I wished to take him out right away, attempt to get him functioned on, get him all set for tomorrow, so we'll see how he feels tomorrow. Stuff like that occurs having fun on lawn when you're not used to it. Running out in the outfield, so with any luck he's better tomorrow, he can play tomorrow. "Lance McMillan/Toronto Celebrity by means of Getty Images Thomas has played in 132 of the Nationals' 134 video games this season, starting in 130 of them, but he was a late scrape prior to the collection opener with the Miami Marlins last night in the nation's resources. "We just damaged him," Martinez told reporters. "He's still a bit tight, so I do not intend to take a chance. He's gon na get serviced and hopefully, he's offered to pinch-hit. "With the Nationals down early to the Marlins, and not able to generate much of anything on the offensive end, there was no requirement to press Thomas into action. Through 571 plate looks this year, the recently-turned 28-year-old outfielder has actually put up a. 279/. 329/. 466 line with job highs in increases (32) and crowning achievement (20 ). Will Thomas be back in the schedule tonight?HARD TO K: Image by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Marlins' 2nd baseman Luis Arraez's strikeout in last evening's game was simply the 32nd K in 541 plate looks this season (matching his walk total on the year). Nationals' reliever Robert Garcia got Arraez to go after a 1-2 changeup out of the zone for the strikeout in the 6th inning. It was, in fact, Garcia's second strikeout of Arraez this period, after he obtained him looking with a low, 2-2 fastball throughout the series in Miami last week, which, as the Nats discussed in their message game notes makes Garcia the only bottle in Big league Baseball this season to strike Arraez out twice. Garcia, obviously, began the period in the Marlins' company, pitching in one ready the Fish before he was put on waivers by Miami and asserted by Washington.