Independence Day in Washington DC:
“It was an incredible start,” said Davey Martinez of Patrick Corbin’s seven-goal clean sheet. Seattle Mariners On the road in T-Mobile Park. “I mean, his four-seamer was good today, his two-seamer was good, his slider was really, really good. It was what we needed today.”
Corbin, who has been through a lot in the last few years, just took a break at the end of the first year of his six-year/$140 million contract with the Nationals and at the end of the first of his subsequent four-year contract. I was having a hard time starting again. He spent a lot of time enjoying the brilliance of his best outing to date in 2023.
“I’m not going to get too high in this game,” Corbyn said after the trip. Quoted by MASN writer Mark Zuckerman.
And what did he think he did right from the start?
“Use both sides of the plate well. Good fastball command. Good slider, it felt really good today, swinging and missing a lot,” Corbyn explained.
“The defense played great. It was a good rhythm. [catcher Riley Adams]. These things are fun. ”
Corbin started four games and posted a 2.84 ERA in 25 games. 1⁄3 265/.280/.347 line while working with backups in D.C.13 starts, 5.55 ERA in 71 games, .313/.368/.493 ERA 1⁄3 IP works with No. 1 starter Keibert Lewis).
But yesterday didn’t get off to a good start, with one out, shortstop Matt McLain doubled over left and scored on Jonathan India’s single to make it 1-0. Ellie de la Cruz and Spencer Steer followed with singles, and India scored on Steer’s hit to left-center short, before the Nationals trio came together and CJ Abrams dropped the ball at the last minute. and allowed an RBI run. 2-0. Corbin held on, but Corbin and the Nationals trailed 2-0 in the first 23 pitches.
Corbyn singled and walked 19 pitches in the second inning, but Delacruz singled and Stair walked to start the Reds’ third, and after one out, Nick Senzel moved the 2-0 slider into the zone. I beat it. Three runs from 396 feet to the left field gave the Reds a 5-0 lead.
In the 4th inning of 6-1, India hit the 0-1 slider into the middle of the zone and hit a double HR to the left middle, leading to the 12th point. Delacruz and Steer hit back-to-back two-out singles, throwing for a total of 75 pitches after Steer’s second hit of the game (2 for 2, 1 BB) and a walk to Tyler. hit a single. Stevenson had the bases loaded with two outs, but a right fly ended the threat.
Corbin walked the batter with two outs in the fifth inning and put runners in scoring position due to pickoff failures, but the starting pitcher was stopped at the end of 13 pitches for a total of 93 pitches.
Patrick Corbin quote: 5.0IP, 10H, 6R, 6ER, 3BB, 2Ks, 2HR, 93P, 59S, 7/3GO/FO.
“All is well,” the manager said, summing up Corbyn’s woes after the 4-8 loss to the Reds.
“That’s the gist of it. When he throws the ball up, it hits pretty hard, so he has to put the ball down.”
“I made some mistakes today,” Corbyn told reporters. Quoted by Mark Zuckerman of MASN.
“I wasn’t as astute as I would have liked. I’ll try to fix that for next time.”
Key moments:
• In the third, trailing 5-0, CJ Abrams hit his first right double off 23-year-old Reds starter Brett Kennedy, followed by Derek Hill’s ground out to third base and Lane Thomas’ sack fly to center. scored in They lost the Nationals 5-1.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Abrams hit a 2-1 double with Kennedy’s low in-zone sinker in the bottom of the fifth and scored on Derek Hill’s two-out RBI to make it 6-2. Lane Thomas’ 23rd double of the year survived the inning, but a fly to center ended the threat.
• In the sixth home half, Jaymar Candelario walks, Dominic Smith is sent off with a single off the Reds starter, and then Joey Meneses hits a line drive off reliever Fernando Cruz, making it 7-0. 3. Corey Dickerson’s single pushed Smith 7-4.
After Cruz hit catcher Riley Adams, CJ Abrams (2 in 2, 22B, 2R) pinch hitter with the bases loaded, but Abrams swung past a diving 1-2 splitter to get first out. Derek Hill K’d also swung his second out, leaving it to Lane Thomas to fly to the left and end the threat.
Martinez pointed to “a lack of hitting with the guys on base” when talking about what went wrong in the loss. “Strike out. I struck out twice, loaded the bases, and then struck out first and second base. I have to.”
Bullpen action:
Corey Abbott allowed Jonathan India a solo shot to center on a 2-0 fastball on the third pitch thrown by Knott’s relief pitcher, making India’s second of the game and 13th of the year a 7-to-7. became 2. 6th inning in favor of the Reds.
Abbott singled and walked in the seventh, but came back in the top of the eighth, walking the first batter he faced, Matt McLain, who grounded to second base, stole three, and scored. bottom. Ellie Delacruz sack fly, 8-4 Reds.
Jose A. Ferrer kept a clean sheet in the ninth inning to just four points, but the Nationals kept the inning clean in the home half.
Back page – José A. Ferrer hits extra time:
Nationals left-hander Jose A. Ferrer, 23, said:From Maimon, Dominican Republic [who] Signed by the Nationals as an undrafted free agent on July 2, 2017In 2022, he threw with low A, high A, and double A in the nuts system, leaving an ERA of 3.83, FIP of 4.93, walks of 20 (BB/94.50), and Ks of 33 (7.43). K/9) appeared in 34 games and 40 IPs in Triple-A this year before receiving a call to join the big league club late last month.
“Ferrer has kept a clean sheet in his last five games since June 17,” Washington’s public affairs office said after being contacted by the southpaw. [he] Averaged .158 against opponents (3 out of 19 games) [in that stretch]. He struck out nine in 6.0 innings, and also struck out on June 22 against Omaha (KCR). ”
“He’s been throwing the ball a lot better in the last few games,” manager Davey Martinez said when Ferrer came on. “Explore the strike zone a little more”.
“He adjusted the mechanics a little bit,” added Martinez. “So let’s see. We’re going to keep an eye on him, so I’m glad he’s here.”
Ferrer told reporters: Quoted by MASN writer Bobby BlancoHis Triple-A Rochester experience this season gave him confidence before getting his first major league chance.
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“A lot has changed,” he said. “But I think the good thing is that I have a lot of my teammates who already have big league experience, and I get to play in Triple-A. Playing against them has also taught me a lot, just how to approach the game.”
Ferrer had two scoreless appearances out of the bullpen against the Nationals after a recent trip, and an injury to relief pitcher Thaddeus Ward meant the left-handed Ferrer could stay a little longer in the majors and get things done. An opportunity to absorb and continue learning was born. big league level.
“We have a chance to keep him a little longer and see what happens,” manager Davey Martinez said Monday afternoon in Washington, D.C. I need to see how he feels today. The reason is that the players down there don’t go on like that every day, but they still throw for three days in a row. But he throws the ball well. What I love most is how he throws strikes. That’s what I told him when he came here. “It doesn’t matter how hard you throw or what you throw. Just throw a strike 1.” And so far, he’s done it.
In the short time we have spent together so far, the captain has had the opportunity to get to know the young left-hander a little better. He sent him off with a two-run lead in the final inning. Phillies At Citizens Bank Park, he tested left-handed players early in his major league career.
After the two lead hitters got on base, Ferrer kept the lead double play and walks with a double play and a swing K without allowing any runs.
What has his manager learned about relievers so far?
“I don’t think there’s anything he really cares about. I mean, really not,” Martinez said. “He had a lot of energy, he wanted to throw, he was hungry to throw, so like I said, yesterday put him in a pretty pivotal moment and he really It went well.”
In his third major appearance, Ferrer walked two balls and struck out two to keep the Reds in the game.
Martinez said he “loves” his left-handed appearance. “He hits the strike zone. But he’s attacking hitters, and I love that.”
