Brad Hand has another shaky ninth, and the Nats drop their series finale with the Yankees

In the eighth, as Austin Voth navigated his second scoreless inning, Daniel Hudson warmed in the bullpen. Hudson, typically Martinez’s setup man, logged two outs on seven pitches Saturday. Unlike Hand, he was fresh. Then there was Will Harris, another high-leverage option, who is still easing in after missing a month with right hand inflammation. He threw 17 pitches Friday and has not appeared since. Yet Martinez had even promised that, if given a chance to go right back to Hand, he would. That’s his managerial style. It’s built on trust that is hard to bend.