Bottom 3 Valdez pitching (still!)
Verdugo – FB strike 1; FB, fouled by inches down left field line, strike 2; foul, breaking ball; foul, breaking ball; ball 1 breaking ball low and outside; 3U.
Arroyo – fouls high FB, strike 1; ball outside; 5-3.
Vasquez – swinging strike 1 on down and in pitch; strike 2 FB; ball 1 FB high outside; strikes him out swinging over a breaking ball.
Finishes inning at 35 pitches, I think.
That’s a pretty low bar to celebrate, but we’ll take it!
Better than Wrigley
Framber: 36 pitches, 27 strikes
I think the field itself is great, but the amenities and building itself is outdated, tiny, and a dump. It’s not as awful as Wrigley, but I’ve been to demolished buildings that were nicer than Wrigley.
And there was much rejoicing.
yay.
Brantley has no chance against Sale.
Flailing
Ugly at bat
For whatever reason, that’s a matchup where he just can’t compete.
Sale has done a good job of using sliders that start right at Brantley.
I wonder how much his knee is hindering him at the plate. Right knee, right?
Swing at strikes, Alex
That change is working today.
Fuckeddddyyyy fuck. Just in front.
And there’s 97 to go with it.
Have to identify pitches at the bottom of the zone and lay off them without two strikes.
He’s only throwing them down under the zone.
Good eye, Alex
Almost vintage Bregman.