Unconventional pitching plan pays off for Nats in one-run win
Blake Butera used both an opener (PJ Poulin) and a long man (Mitchell Parker) around struggling starter Miles Mikolas during a 5-4 victory
PITTSBURGH – This was, Blake Butera insisted, the pitching plan from the start tonight. Maybe there were a few minor tweaks along the way, but for the most part each of the six guys who took the mound did so as the Nationals intended.
And when that plan worked out, with the final four relievers who pitched somehow p…
