With two on and two out in the third inning of his outing against the Phillies last week in Nationals Park — after a two-out double by Trea Turner and an intentional walk to Bryce Harper — Jake Irvin got up 0-2 on J.T. Realmuto, but left the next pitch, a curve, up in the zone for Philadelphia’s catcher.
Realmuto hit it 390 feet to left-center for a three-run blast which accounted for 3 of 4 runs the 26-year-old starter gave up in what ended up being a six-inning start.
“The outing as a whole was really good,”Irvin told reporters, as quoted by MASN reporter Mark Zuckerman after Irvin’s second turn in the rotation this season.