Aníbal Sánchez held the Tampa Bay Rays to two hits in five scoreless innings when he went up against the AL East club last week in Washington, D.C.’s Nationals Park, but the Nationals’ 36-year-old veteran faltered when he came back out for the top of the sixth.
Sánchez gave up a leadoff single, hit the second batter he faced, and gave up an RBI single, that got the Rays on the board, down 4-1, and two runners he left on came around to score after he’d left the mound.
“I felt really good early in the game, I finally have figured out my mechanics and how to make the hitter miss my fastball,” Sánchez said, and later in the game, “.