Washington Nationals news & notes: Patrick Corbin scary moment; Nats drop 4-1 game to Giants in Oracle…

Corbin of Oracle Park:

After recording three quick outs in Chicago’s 13-pitch sevens, he cubs Last week, Patrick Corbin threw only 77 total pitches and retired 21 of 22 hitters in a game at Nationals Park.

After throwing 80 pitches with a 7+ IP, back-to-back singles ended Corbin’s outing in the eighth, and the two runners he had left came in and scored on only the two runs he allowed in the first. rice field.

“I thought everything was fine,” Corbyn told reporters. In the words of MASN’s Bobby Blanco.

“I had a good command of the fastball. I used the changeup a lot today.

“I was just in rhythm all day [catcher Riley] Adams and the defense played behind me.”

“He’s been throwing the ball really well six of the last seven innings,” Nationals manager Davey Martinez told reporters after the 4-3 win over the Cubs.

“Today was really Patrick Corbin, as we have seen so far. He is doing great. We can win the game.”

CJ Abrams’ throwing error on Austin Slater’s ground ball to short and Tyro Estrada’s line drive single to right put the Giants’ corner just five pitches into Corbin’s start in second for the Knots’ third at Oracle Park. placed runners on , and a two-run double to the right-center gap off the bat by Mitch Haniger put the two runners at 1–2.

Corbin avoided a two-out pitching error, a single, and a wild pitch by Abrams in the second 16-pitch frame to put the Giants down in the third of nine pitches in the order, but bottom of the line. Debuting in the fourth, Casey Schmidt hit his first big league home run 420 feet into San Francisco’s center field, making it 3–0.

With two outs in the Giants’ fifth, Corbin drove a line drive back onto the mound from the left cheek/side of the head, but he waved it off and stayed on to get the third out… Still 3- 0.

Corbin (Slight swelling on left side of face), returned to the mound in the sixth, gave up back-to-back one-out singles to center, both rang the tower, and retired the next two batters, completing the sixth inning’s job…

Patrick Corbin’s line: 6.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 Ks, 1 HR, 96 P, 66 S, 10/5 GO/FO.

After the 4–1 loss to the Giants, Corbin’s manager said, “The ball kind of hit his forearm and then his head.” “So we wanted to make sure he was okay. We checked him out and he said he was fine. He got out there and actually threw the ball well so , I’ll check on him again. Tomorrow we’ll see how he’s doing. Luckily he was able to deflect it with his arm.”

Martinez, who has known Corbin for years, said he was not surprised the left-handed Corbin decided to stay in the game after the scare.

“I just didn’t get out there fast enough,” Martinez said.

“I got a little caught in the dugout, but it’s scary. I saw the ball hit him in the head, but he said it just grazed him.”

Key moments:

• CJ Abrams Ks 1 out for 2nd or 3rd. Jake Alu Ks also swings. Giants starter Logan Webb’s Lane Thomas three consecutive K’s.

• Luis Garcia and Abrams hit back-to-back singles to start third for the Nats, but Joey Meneses hit for a 6-4-3 DP. Jeimer Candelario stepped in with his two outs and… a groundout. 7-0 on RISP, 7 on LOBs, 2-0 on giants.

• Joey Meneses reached JD Davis’ backhand with a playable ground ball in the first at-bat of the Knott’s sixth at-bat, then moved to third on Jamer Candelario’s ground ball. It was 0 to 8 to RISP, but Dominic Smith made him 1. 3 PA, 3-1 Giants on his third hit of 9. Alex Cole went 2-for-3 on the night after lining up a single to center in his next at-bat, with both runners trailing CJ. It went up 10-10 on Abrams’ groundout. He was 11-1 when Jake Alu K’d swung to his third out.

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• Abrams hit a weak grounder with 1/2 runners and two outs in the top of the eighth inning.

After the Giants set up today’s rubber match with last night’s win, Martinez said, “We had traffic all day and couldn’t get that big hit.

“I think there were moments when we put the ball in play and we just didn’t get it — but [Webb] hardened.

“When the guys were on base, he threw some really good changeups and mixed in with the two-seamer, but he got really tough against the guys on base.”

Bullpen action:

Mason Thompson gave up a leadoff walk and a two-out RBI single in the Giants’ seventh game, 4–1.

Tyler Rodgers dodged a two-out walk to Dom Smith and a single by Alex Cole in the eighth for the Knots.

Hobie Harris held the game 4-1 in favor of the Giants in a scoreless eighth.

Camilo Doval closed out the match in 9th place with a 1-2-3 score. Giants win, 4-1.

Congratulations Jake:

As Jake Al took the field last night at Oracle Park, the 26-year-old 2019 24th-round pick from the University of Oklahoma called himself “the worst draft pick to make an MLB debut for the Nationals in team history. 2005). As the club pointed out in its game notes last night against the Giants.

282/.341/.452 lines in four minor league seasons, Al settled into the team on Monday night and made his first start.

Alu, “… wins the ‘National’s Way’ award after leading the system on an AVG (.298), SLG (.507), OPS (.872), 2B (40), XBH (62) and total basis Awarded. (252)”, and in 2022, he will return from a knee injury earlier this season to take the opportunity after being added to the 40-man roster this winter to protect him from selection in the Rule 5 Draft. I got

“I saw him take fly balls. He came early today, took some fly balls there and ran around.

“So he got the chance to play for us today, and we’re going to get that first game out of the way so he can relax a little bit and enjoy it.”

Martinez previewed what to expect from Al in his debut and said he would like to see the same approach that brought the infielder/outfielder his first big league opportunity.

“He’s a guy who tries to get the ball into play and stays in the middle of the field. For me, just hit strikes and don’t chase them. When he does, he’s pretty good,” Martinez said. said.

Al took a strike called on the first pitch in his first at-bat in the majors, fouled a changeup, 0-2, laid off a high fastball off Giants starter Logan Webb, and went 1-2. But then I took a K’d swing. with a low changeup for his first MLB strikeout.

In the 2nd inning, he hit a left fly with a high-speed straightball, 0-2, and in the 6th inning, 2-on, 2-out, 0-3. 3K after 9 strikeouts.

Garcia multi-streaking; no chasing:

With the first of two hits in San Francisco on Monday, Luis Garcia extended his hitting streak to a four-game streak, and with the second, the 22-year-old infielder extended his four-game streak. He went 18-for-10 (. 556 AVG) with 2 doubles, 1 home run and 1 walk.

Garcia started May 13-31 (.419/.471/.613) and went .277/.320/.420 to go 3-2 with the Giants at Oracle Park last night.

“I think for me [it’s] Davey Martinez discussed Garcia’s recent performances in the manager’s postgame after a 5-1 victory in the series opener in San Francisco.

“I think his tracking rate is down about 23-24% now. , I know which ball I have, I want to hit it and I’m doing really well.”

Baseball Savant’s Garcia’s chase percentage was 23.4% after last night’s game, down from 40.8% last season and 35% in his career. Well, it helps.

“I love the way he plays,” added his manager.

“He plays the game the way we felt he could play the game.”

Garcia extended his hitting streak to five games with a single on his second trip to the plate in the top of the third, but it was his only hit of the night.