Christian Yelich hit Patrick Corbin’s fifth pitch of the game on Saturday 422 feet, taking the 2-2 slider Washington’s starter left up, and pretty much middle-middle, out over the center field fence for a leadoff home run in the second of three for Milwaukee in D.C., but the lefty held it there through six, as the Nationals built up an 8-1 lead in what ended up an 8-6 win.
Corbin the left the game after giving up back-to-back doubles, a two-run home run, and a single in the seventh, as he got up to 103 pitches in six-plus, walking two, striking out two, generating just six swinging strikes, five with his slider, but getting 17 called strikes, seven with his fastball, five with his sinker, and five with his slider in the end.