Patrick Corbin took the mound Sunday afternoon in PNC Park 3-0 with a 2.05 ERA (5 ER/22 IP) over his last four starts, a 2.82 FIP, eight walks (3.27 BB/9), 24 strikeouts (9.81 K/9), and a .244/.319/.342 line against in those outings, one of his best stretches over the last few years of struggling for the now-35-year-old lefty playing out the final season of his six-year/$140M contract with Washington’s Nationals.
“His slider has been a lot better,” Davey Martinez said when the manager was asked what he thought was different the last few of Corbin’s starts after he’d finished 5 2⁄3 innings against the Marlins in Miami.