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Corbin ends 10-game skid, pitches Nationals past Marlins
Patrick Corbin ended his 10-game losing streak, pitching seven solid innings and leading the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 7-2 on Saturday.
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Washington Nationals starter Patrick Corbin has been working on his delivery.
On Saturday, the left-hander delivered for the Nationals.
Corbin ended his 10-game losing streak, pitching seven solid innings and leading the Nationals over the Miami Marlins 7-2.
Josh Bell hit a bases-loaded double and drove in four runs, Yan Gomes had a two-run homer and Josh Harrison had three hits as Washington won its third in a row.
April 30, 2021
Wednesday night, the Marlins defeated the Brewers by a comfortable 6-2 margin. Though the game wasn’t close, it could have been slightly closer: the Marlins saved a run with a clutch sacrifice fly double play in the bottom of the sixth. That’s a standard play; every level from youth tee ball on up has catch-and-throw double plays. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t impressive. In fact, the moment-to-moment action of the play shows how impressive baseball players are even on plays we think of as de rigueur.
Here, watch it in real time:
Let’s start with the pitch: Sandy Alcantara couldn’t have done much better. He dotted the bottom of the zone with a 99 mph sinker, the perfect location to induce an inning-ending ground ball. Seriously, it’s hard to draw it up any better than this:
2021/04/29 08:42 The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate a win over the Cincinnati Reds during a baseball game Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jo. The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate a win over the Cincinnati Reds during a baseball game Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Miami Marlins catcher Chad Wallach tags out Milwaukee Brewers Daniel Vogelbach at home during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 28. Miami Marlins catcher Chad Wallach tags out Milwaukee Brewers Daniel Vogelbach at home during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Here is an example of a Hall of Fame executive at his best:
When Pat Gillick was the Phillies general manager and building powerhouse teams in the late 2000s, he traded one of his most talented starting pitchers for a journeyman reliever.
Gillick didn’t care what he got back. By the 2005 offseason, he wanted nothing to do with Vicente Padilla, and not just because the former All-Star right-hander was coming off two down seasons in a row. The Nicaraguan was moody, he didn’t talk to the media and he was a very bad fit on a ballclub loaded with young talent.