Three starts into his 16th big league season, and third year with Washington, things haven’t gone well for 38-year-old Nationals’ starter Aníbal Sánvhez, whose third outing was a 5 2⁄3-inning, 108-pitch start in which he was tagged for six hits (two of them home runs) and gave up six earned runs total in a 6-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
“He fell behind quite a bit today on hitters,” manager Davey Martinez when asked where the veteran starter needed to make improvements after the outing against the Cards.
“So he’s got to — when he’s really good he works ahead.