Aníbal Sánchez gave up six hits and four runs in his 2020 debut, with all four runs coming on solo home runs in a five-inning, 88-pitch outing against the Toronto Blue Jays in D.C.
Start No. 2 began with the 36-year-old, 15-year veteran giving up five hits, three walks, and three earned runs in the first two innings against the Baltimore Orioles in Nationals Park, in which he threw a total of 47 pitches as the O’s got to the right-hander early in the opener.
It was 4-0, with Sánchez up to 70 pitches after he gave up a leadoff double and RBI single in a 14-pitch fourth, and after a scoreless fifth he gave up a single in the first at bat of the sixth, before he was lifted and charged with one more run when reliever Ryne Harper replace the starter gave up a three-run home run by Renato Núñez.