Through three starts since he was called up from Triple-A Rochester late last month, Aaron Sanchez, 29, has struggled to go deep in his outings, with 4 1⁄3, 5, and 4 1⁄3-inning turns in the Washington Nationals’ rotation in which he’s given up 18 hits, three walks, and 14 runs, 13 earned (8.56 ERA, 4.56 FIP) combined.
Last time out before tonight, Sanchez threw 84 pitches to 22 batters in 4 1⁄3 innings of work on the mound in Coors Field, giving up an RBI double and a three-run homer in the home-half of the second, and three hits, including an RBI single in the fifth, before reliever Josh Rogers took over and surrendered a 3-run blast which added two runs to Sanchez’s line in the box score.