A strong stretch for Patrick Corbin came to an abrupt end in PNC Park last Sunday, with the left-handed starter giving up five hits and four runs out of the gate in the first, and a total of 10 hits and seven earned runs overall in the six-inning turn in the Nats’ rotation.
“Two-seamer wasn’t there today,” Davey Martinez said when the Nationals’ manager spoke with reporters after the 7-3 loss to the Pirates. “He tried to throw a lot more cutters. Some were good, some were not good.
“Just he didn’t have the effect on that cutter as he normally has, left a lot of balls out over the plate.