Joe Maddon had argued that Nationals reliever Sean Doolittle used an illegal delivery in the ninth inning of the game and said that he was playing under protest.
Despite having Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin in their rotation, Washington entered Thursday with a 4.95 ERA that ranked 13th out of 15 NL teams.
CC Sabathia became the 17th member of the 3,000-strikeout club on Tuesday night and we likely won't have to wait long for another pitcher to join the elusive group.