Front Page – Corbin vs Angels:
“The slider was good,” Davey Martinez said of Patrick Corbin’s performance in the second game of the 2023 season against Tampa Bay last week. “The changeup was good and the fastball was down, in and out, but most of the time it was all down in the zone.”
“And when he does, he can throw,” added the director.
Corbin threw a 48% slider from 35% of his first start, threw a 39% sinker from 51%, and the veteran southpaw mixed a 10% changeup and a 3% four-seamer.
“Overall, I think the slider was pretty good,” Lefty told reporters. In the words of MASN’s Bobby Blanco After going out.
“There are some swings and mistakes. I think I managed better today than I did last game.”
Corbin had 11 swing strikes, 10 of which were on the slider and 14 on call strikes, 9 of which were starts against raises on the sinker.
Last night against the LA Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Corbin started with a walk at first, retiring Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, but gave up two two-out hits around another free pass, giving up two doubles. A single drove in two runs to put the home side up 2–0.
After 1.5 seconds, it was 2-1, and Corbin surrounded two more singles in the bottom of the second, but Hunter Renfro took a southpaw deep at knee level for the 3-1 sinker and crossed the middle of the plate. hit it 3-1, 400 feet to the center of Angels Stadium.
A one-out single by Luis Renguifo and an RBI double by Gio Urscella added to the lead, making it 4-1 LAA after the third inning.
The Nationals tied the game in the fourth inning, but Michael Chavis (LA lefty Jose Suarez on pitch clock violation) and singles by both Alex Cole and Lane Thomas, 4-2, then Jaymer Candelario hit a two-run single to center to tie it 4-4.
Corbyn dodged a two-out single in the top of the Angels’ fourth inning, the Knotts took the lead in the top of the fifth, Kebert Lewis doubled to start the frame, and a one-out single by Victor Robles made it three. Placed and scored. CJ Abrams ground ball, 5-4.
The fifth bottom of five pitches, 1-2-3 left Corbin with 86 pitches overall, and after retiring eight of the last nine batters he faced, the southpaw was out for the night. was performed on
He finished with 7 whiffs (4 on slider) and 15 call strikes (9 on sinker).
He threw 41% sinker, 34% slider, 16% fastball and 9% changeup this time.
Patrick Corbin’s line: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 Ks, 1 HR, 86 P, 53 S, 9/1 GO/FO.
“Early on, I was missing off speed,” said Corbin after a 6-4 victory in the series opener. “We got into some bad counts, but there were some good hitters out there who threw and hit some fastballs on those counts. His two in the first two were frustrating.” After that, I think I calmed down and moved forward.
“That speed in the fifth was huge. The bullpen came in, hit a lot of zeros, and the offense scored well enough today, so overall a great team win.”
Fill-in skipper Tim Boger said he and the Nats pitching coach considered bringing Corbin back in the sixth after a quick fifth, but decided at that point to go to the pen.
“We talked about it,” explained Boger. “I think it was one of the times he hit the fifth so fast. If I was going to put him back in there and take him out after one guy got on you brought relief without a clean inning but I didn’t think it was the right thing to do And Pat was good at it, I thought he did a really good job.
“I know the first inning was a little rough. He walked two guys and seemed to nibble a little bit, but he calmed down a bit.”
“The fourth inning I thought was a big one he passed the top of the lineup. He got three outs. He walked the opponent in that inning, but he passed Trout and Ohtani. So I thought I did a really good job.”
Bullpen action:
Mason Thompson and Hunter Harvey combined for a scoreless sixth inning, with Thompson scoring the first two outs before Harvey attacked Mike Trout with one on.
Dominic Smith started at number seven with a single, then doubled on a hit by Michael Chavis, continued running to second base on Victor Robles’ ground ball, and scored when Robles hit the ball on the first pitch to avoid a double play. mentioned, 6-4 nuts. Good hustle, Dom.
Harvey struck out Shohei Ohtani and earned a double play after a one-out walk at the Angels’ No. 7.
Carl Edwards Jr. handled the eighth and retired the side in order.
Kyle Finnegan came on the mound in the ninth inning with a two-run lead and retired the side to end it.
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t need a little bit of it there,” said Finnegan, who has struggled to get out of the gate this season. Words by Mark Zuckerman of MASN After the game. “This gives me a lot of confidence.”
Final Score: 6-4 Nationals.
BACK PAGE – Bogar Takes Over… Overnight:
Tim Boger joined as manager last night, Davey Martinez reportedly had bad weather, and the bench coach also handled the skipper’s pre-game commitments.
Boger spoke to reporters in Anaheim and gave his take on a number of topics.
Boger, who managed 22 games for the Texas Rangers in 2014, started talking about what he saw with the Nationals earlier this season.
“I’m very proud of the way we do it every day,” Boger said. “I think the players show up with a good mentality every day. They play hard. They play all nine innings. And that’s the best we can do.
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“Just show up every day, mind your business, and put yourself in a position to win. We’ve done it quite a bit, but we haven’t ended up like that a few times.”
Boger also touched on the fact that the Nationals were confused with the lineup earlier this season. Injuries, matchups, and other factors that determine who goes out each day, he said, in his opinion, aren’t always the case. bad thing.
“I think it’s actually good to have a different line-up early in the season,” he explained. Quoted by MASNSports.com.
“I think most teams are going through it.
“I was able to do that because it was a little forced. But I think everyone getting quality at-bats can keep them in a better position to succeed.”
“Eventually, we hope to have a right-handed lineup and a left-handed lineup by the end of the month, and we are all set.”
Menese of Anaheim:
Joey Meneses played in all nine of the Nationals’ first nine games this season, but took a day off in the series finale against the Rockies. Manager Davey explained that Martinez was trying to get the 30-year-old slugger to take a break. .
“I wanted to give Joey a day and today I gave him a day,” Skipper explained during the pre-game press conference on the final day at Coors Field.
Meneses took the league by storm last season when he was called up after playing 10 years in the minors. Major.
But earlier this season, Meneses went 8-for-37 (.216/.275/.297) with 3 doubles, 3 walks and 10 K on 40 PAs.
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He was 4-0 in the opening match at Coors Field, but was 8-3 in doubles pairs in the next two games before resting in the finale.
What does his manager see from Meneses on the plate?
“What do you know? Better,” Martinez said.
“He wasn’t ready on time. We talked a lot about his timing. ”
Meneses returned to the opening lineup against the Angels last night in Anaheim and recorded a 2-5 double (his fourth in 2022) in the Nationals’ victory.
