Patrick Corbin held the Pittsburgh Pirates to one run on four hits in seven innings in his third start of the season, striking out 11 of 25 batters he faced, then he went 7 2⁄3 innings against the San Francisco Giants in an outing in which he gave up just one run on two hits, striking out 9 of 26 as he earned his first win of the 2019 campaign.
“He used both sides of the plate,” Nats’ skipper Davey Martinez told reporters after the Nats avoided a sweep at home against the Giants.