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Paolo Espino held the St. Louis Cardinals to a run on three hits in his first four innings on the mound in Nationals Park last time out, but gave up four hits, and three more runs, in the top of the fifth, recording two outs but failing to make it out of the inning.

“I don’t know if they’re just making adjustments,” Espino told reporters of his issues later in his outings, as quoted by MASN’s Mark Zuckerman. “I can also say I’m making a few mistakes. But every now and then, you make some mistakes, you get away with it.