Carlos Rodon was tasked with facing the Pirates lineup, a fairly easy task, the Pirates don’t have a single .800 OPS hitter in their lineup. Rodon finished the game with 8 innings pitched allowing only 2 hits and 2 walks. While striking out 8 and collecting 18 swings and misses. Rodon pitched a clean first…
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Shane Baz 6/17/22 Start Breakdown
Shane Baz made his second start of the season and he shoved. Baz finished his outing with the statline of 6 IP, 2 H, 7 K. He also collected 14 whiffs. One of the hits Baz allowed was to the second hitter he faced, Trey Mancini who hit a double to right center. Baz got…
Braves vs. Cubs 6/17/22 Analysis
A fantastic matchup between pitchers with an 11 year age difference, the Cubs topped the Braves 1-0. Ending the Braves 14 game win streak, as well as the Cubs 10 game loss streak. Charlie Morton was nails, a brilliant performance from the 38 year old right hander, who is aging like fine wine. Morton went…
Top Performers 6/16/22
Pitchers 1 – Joe Musgrove 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 9 K 2 – Shohei Ohtani 6 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 6 K 3 – Beau Brieske 7 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 6 K 4 – Zack Wheeler 7 IP, 4 H, ER, 3 K 5 – Triston McKenzie 6 IP,…
Triston McKenzie 6/16/22 Start Breakdown
The 24 year old righty picked up his 4th win of the season shutting down the Rockies. McKenzie allowed 7 hits and a walk across his 6 innings of work. He only surrendered 1 earned run, while striking out 6 and collecting 16 swings and misses. McKenzie worked out of a nightmare first inning, where…
Zack Wheeler 6/16/22 Start Breakdown
It was an interesting outing for Zack Wheeler who picked up his 6th win of the season, throwing 7 innings and only needing 86 pitches to do so. Wheeler allowed only 1 earned run across his 7 innings of work, despite giving up 9 hard hit balls and only collecting 4 whiffs. 5 of the…
Angels vs. Mariners 6/16/22 Analysis
In a pitching matchup that we could see for years to come, the Angels defeated the Mariners 4-1. Making just his 8th career start, Mariners highly touted prospect George Kirby recorded a quality start. Kirby threw 6 innings of 6 strikeout baseball, while also collecting 16 swings and misses. 12 of those 16 whiffs came…
Padres vs. Cubs 6/16/22 Analysis
Joe Musgrove continued his improbable streak, as the Padres have now won 7 of their last 9, beating the Cubs 6-4. Musgrove has allowed only 2 or fewer earned runs in each of his 12 starts this season. Musgrove was nails allowing only 5 hits across his 7 innings of work. He struck out 9…
Top Performers 6/15/22
Pitchers 1 – Tyler Anderson 8.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 8 K, No-hit bid into the 9th 2 – Luis Garcia 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 9 K, Immaculate inning 3 – Spencer Strider 5.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 11 K 4 – Zac Gallen 7 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 5…
Angels vs. Dodgers 6/15/22 Analysis
The battle of L.A. ended with a 4-1 Dodgers win. It was a special night for Tyler Anderson, who took a no-hit bid into the 9th inning. Anderson went 8.1 innings, throwing 123 pitches, allowing only 2 hits and 1 run. Anderson struck out 8 and collected 13 swings and misses, 9 of those whiffs…