by Paul Blackburn fought his last time.
The right -hander granted four points and ended up being fired before finishing the bottom of the first while facing a range filled with many regulars of the Red Sox – although it returned for the second and bounced with a strong frame.
But by taking up the mound for the food on Friday evening, Blackburn obtained a similar result.
After working around Baserunners in each of the first two sleeves, he saw his lead flatten on him at the bottom of the third and the young Washington stars were able to take advantage of it.
In a chain of four strikers, sluggers CJ Abrams And James Wood crushed a pair of circuits, then Nathaniel LOWE doubled a single hard hit in the middle, ending his night.
Max Kranick came in relief and was able to avoid other damage, but his book has always finished with a rather ugly line of three points on five strokes and two steps while withdrawing zero striker in 2.1 working sleeves.
Blackburn now has an MPM of 11.57 and 2.57 Whip through three spring outings.
Although this is not the type of production that someone hoped, Carlos Mendoza reiterated that he does not worry about the results, and he is simply encouraged to review the right -hander on the mound after an injury finish last season.
“What he went through this offseason,” said the skipper. “This is just a question that he feels good at the moment. The bike is there. He uses all of his locations. Lead was good against right -handers. He left him against the leftrs today, but the first results that we do not look at. »»
Even in this spirit, Blackburn admitted that he had been frustrated by this section – but he is also convinced that he will be able to work through it and will be ready to ride when the regular season will arrive.
“The results help to get out, but this is not the first time that I have been struck,” he said. “I feel like I have been doing this for a long time and you will meet these stretches where things do not work. It is certainly a little frustrating.
“Being the competitor I am, I’m not happy to see how things ended there. But I am satisfied with the place where I am now and the way my body feels. I have the impression that I will be ready to start the season when the time comes. “”
Blackburn is in the mixture with Tylor Megill And GRIFFIN CANNING for one of the final rotation points while Sean Manaea And Frankie Montas are sidelined.
