Rainy DC:
Patrick Corbin got up 0-for-2 against Ronald Acuña Jr., threw three fastballs to load the bases, and hit a slider to the Braves’ leadoff man, his 40th HR of 2023, into the left field seats at Nationals Park. I hit. begins Friday night’s game at home to the Washington Nationals.
One batter later, after a single by Ozzie Albies, Corbin hit an 0-2 sinker to Austin Riley, who hit a 434-foot ball to left-center field for his 37th home run of the year and three in the early going. They led by -0. In the end, Atlanta won 9-6.
Corbin allowed a total of five hits and five earned runs in four games. 1⁄3 IP walked one batter and struck out one batter in 68 pitches against the Nats’ district rival.
“Obviously they have one of the best lineups in the game,” Corbin said. Quoted by Mark Zuckerman of MASN:
“You try to make your pitch. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn’t. They’ve been doing this against a lot of teams this season.”
“That lineup has had an unbelievable year all along,” coach Davey Martinez said after the loss.
“When you have so many players with over 100 RBIs and 30 home runs, it’s tough to have a batting lineup.”
The home team fought back and got within one run by the sixth inning, but Marcell Ozuna’s three-run homer off reliever Andres Machado gave the Braves the points they needed for Game 2 of this weekend’s four-game series. and end today. In the twin buildings of DC
The Nationals’ final two home games will be played today after Game 3 of the series was postponed on Saturday well before rain from Tropical Storm Ophelia arrived in the nation’s capital.
How will the home team deal with their pitching?
“I’m going to get back in the game and see what happens,” Martinez said after Friday’s loss. “It looks like we’re going to get some pretty good rain. It stinks, but we might as well take a day off. We really can. We’re on the tail end of a long stint where we play every day, so we’re going to come back and figure it out.” sit there together [Pitching Coach Jim] Hickey, come up with a game plan for Sunday. ”
Note: Jackson Rutledge and Joan Adon are listed as starters for the 1:35 and 6:35 p.m. games, respectively.
From Irvine to Illinois:
Jake Irvin got thrown around a bit (Scored 5 points with 2 hits, 7 hits, and 3 walks. 2⁄3 IP in which he threw a total of 80 pitches) In Thursday night’s series opener against the Braves, and in Game 2 this weekend, the Nationals announced that the 26-year-old right-hander has been placed on the IL with right ankle tendinitis.
“He’s got a leg, a right leg. His ankle is a little swollen, so we’re going to get an X-ray and an MRI,” manager Davey Martinez said after Friday’s loss.
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“I don’t know what happened, but his leg was quite swollen.”
Coach Martinez said after Thursday’s loss that he was sure Irvin would like to get another start to finish the season on a better note, but that may not be possible right now.
“He fought me a little bit. He wanted to finish the season,” Martinez said. “I told him, ‘You’ve been really good this year.’ Let’s build on that and get ready for next year.”