Unbeaten in four outings in May going into Sunday’s start, (2-0, with the Nationals 3-1 in his outings), Patrick Corbin recovered well from a rough start to his third season in Washington, D.C, putting up a 3.24 ERA and a .239/.284/.409 line against in 25 innings this month after a four-start stretch in April in which he had a 10.47 ERA and a .329/.427/.643 line against in 16 1⁄3 IP.
Corbin, 31, gave up eight hits and three runs in five innings of work on the mound in Wrigley Field last time out on the mound before he faced the Baltimore Orioles in the series finale in the nation’s capital, throwing 87 pitches before the Nationals hit for him.