Aníbal Sánchez’s 2019 debut ended prematurely when a bruise on his right hip, the result of a liner back to the mound that he caught after it hit him, tightened up on him and led to him making the decision a few innings later that he couldn’t continue.
“He got hit with the ball, and he started getting really stiff, so we had to take him out,” Davey Martinez told reporters after what ended up a 9-8 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in D.C.
Sánchez gave up four hits, four walks, and four earned runs in that outing, with two of the hits, three of the walks, and two of the four runs coming after the line drive off his hip.