Overview
- Corbin Burnes departed in the top of the fifth inning after 70 pitches when he waved to trainers following a C.J. Abrams single.
- He finished with six strikeouts and four hits allowed over 4⅔ scoreless innings in Sunday’s 3-1 victory against Washington.
- The right-hander signed a six-year, $210 million contract in December and entered the outing with a 2.66 ERA across 11 starts.
- His exit compounds losses of Jordan Montgomery, Eduardo Rodríguez and reliever A.J. Puk, leaving Arizona’s rotation heavily depleted.
- Reliever Jalen Beeks allowed an RBI single upon entering, reducing the lead and highlighting the club’s constrained bullpen resources.