Patrick Corbin’s pitch count got up into the 90s in two starts before his outing against the Colorado Rockies in Coors Field last week, but it was 92 in 5 1⁄3 innings pitched, and 90 in six innings in those two turns in the rotation.
Going up against the Rockies, he threw a total of 94 in eight innings on the mound, giving up nine hits and five runs, three earned, but after the 5-2 loss on the road, manager Davey Martinez had nothing but praise for his starter’s work.
“I mean, forget about the outcome of the game,” Martinez told reporters in Denver, “Patrick was awesome today.