Patrick Corbin walks off the field at Nationals Park after allowing six runs in the fifth inning of a 6-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Corbin had labored through four scoreless innings, then lost his command in the fifth and was tagged for six runs in that inning Monday night at Nationals Park. “I mean, he’s been really good,” Manager Dave Martinez said after the Nationals’ seventh loss in 10 games. “It was just one of those nights for Pat.”[Box score: Cardinals 6, Nationals 3]The Nationals entered the offseason with a plan of building a contender around their starting staff. The Cardinals set down 12 straight Nationals between a Gomes single in the fourth and a Juan Soto walk in the eighth.

Source: Washington Post April 30, 2019 02:38 UTC