Patrick Corbin posted a 1.96 ERA, a 4.48 FIP, and a .232/.274/.377 line against over 18 1⁄3 IP in three outings before he took on Philadelphia’s Phillies on Friday night in Citizens Bank Park, where the 33-year-old lefty gave up 12 hits and five earned runs in 6 2⁄3 innings pitched, in which he threw just 69 pitches, 54 for strikes.
“He threw 15 balls all game,” Washington’s skipper, Davey Martinez, said of Corbin’s outing following the Nationals’ 5-3 loss.
“Attacked the strike zone. Towards the end there he just started elevating the balls, I think that’s what really got him.