12/22/2023 0 Comments Serious sam 3 secrets![]() Crawford had to let him score in order to turn two against JD Martinez, bringing the score to 4-2. When Rob Refsnyder (who, again, I promise is an actual ball player) predictably ended up with two strikes, Muñoz couldn’t take advantage, instead hitting him with a fastball. Now sitting on the slider, he took one that landed middle middle and deposited it into the left field seats. His first batter, Seattle-born Bobby Dalbec, had no trouble laying off two 99 mph four-seamers way up out of the zone. Muñoz’s tools are so flashy, but if doesn’t refine them, that 100 mph fastball and sometimes-on/sometimes-off slider are going to keep getting him in trouble. When Jesse Winker is having fun we are all having fun /BzhRpl9jY9- Lydia Cruz June 11, 2022īut if those guys were Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well”-sharp and flawless-Andrés Muñoz was “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”-unrestrained and embarrassing. Swanson casually struck out his first batter faced and worked a clean inning with the help of a fun catch from Jesse Winker, who wins today’s Sun Hat Award for combining his fun offense with fun defense. Swanson was particularly impressive in his first outing back after a month on the IL. Murfee, Swanson, Festa, Elías, and Romo combined to cover 11 outs with five strikeouts, no walks, and just two singles, which had a combined xBA of. And why not? With an important exception, the bullpen showed up to play tonight. Here’s Matt Festa giving Cal Raleigh a thumbs up. In lit theory, they call that foreshadowing. then worked a walk to load the bases, but Suárez struck out and a pinch-hitting Adam Frazier popped out to third base. The Sox bullpen promptly gave up a classic Ty France opposite-field double, and a Julio groundball that got booted by Rafael Devers put runners on the corners with just one out. The home run would be Hill’s last pitch of the night. Watch it fly, Wink! /dgs8QaHl8j- Seattle Mariners June 11, 2022 But you can tell from the body language here that all three of them know that’s a homer. Rich Hill and Christian Vazquez’s posture suggests that all three of them are trying to tell whether the ball’s going to stay fair. This fifth-inning blast tied the game at two thanks to Luis Torrens showing a sign of life with a leadoff double. Here’s Jesse Winker admiring his fourth home run of the year, once again going deep off a lefty. The nibbling cost him the six walks, but it let him get through his start with just four hard hits. Marco’s a pro’s pro-he was sharp enough not to miss where it could hurt him. ![]() Six is a career high for him recall that in 2020, Marco only walked seven batters all (shortened) season. Marco was somewhat lucky that more of his six walks didn’t come around to score. At 102 pitches, Scott had little choice but to pull Marco for Penn Murfee.Īll in all, it was a gutty outing, the kind you expect Marco Gonzlaes to put up even when he doesn’t have his best command. But then with JD Martinez in yet another full count, Dan Bellino called strike three a ball, and Martinez was awarded first base. He managed to convince Scott Servais to let him try to pitch the fifth inning, even though his pitch count was already over 90, and he delivered with a strikeout of Devers on a sinker up and in. Yet for as much as Marco labored through this outing, these were the only two runs he would give up over four and a third. Cal’s been doing his best to manage this pitching staff, but there’s only so much he can do. JD Martinez’s solo homer here in the third came on another set of back-to-back three-ball counts. You don’t need the statcast stats on this one Cal Raleigh’s eyes tell the whole story. In a nod to the Kombucha lady, Marco needed 44 pitches to get through the inning (gross!), but only seven batters had turns at the plate with one runner scoring (well.). It was the first of four full counts in a row, something I can’t remember seeing before, at least from Marco, who’s nibbled on occasion as he worked the shadow zones, but nothing like this before. Bogaerts did so on the seventh pitch of his at-bat. Two batters later, Xander Bogaerts had a hot shot down the right field line for an RBI double. After his initial strikeout, Marco walked Rafael Devers on seven pitches. As you can see from the bug in the image above, he was already at 28 pitches here. Although things started out promisingly enough with Marco striking out Rob Refsnyder (who I swear is a real person), he slogged through the rest of his first frame. The secret here is: “throw strikes.” This first-inning mound visit wasn’t that helpful in getting Marco’s act together, but at least it gave him a break.
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