Correa
Pops out to Cron
Tucker
Grounds out 5-6 in the shift.
Top 8 (Taylor on for the Astros)
McMahon
Strikes out looking on a well-placed fastball on the outside corner.
Story
Flies out to Tucker
Blackmon
Walks on four pitches.
That’s all for Taylor; Yimi Garcia coming on
Cron
Flies out to center on a 3-2 count
Bottom 8
McCormick
Hits a deep fly ball to left center field caught by Joe.
Jones
Strikes out looking
Machete
Lines out to center
Top 9
Pedro Baez making his Astros’ debut
Not a good start. 90 mph fastball that was hammered foul.
Diaz
Seeing-eye single to center
Hilliard
Strikes out swinging on a good changeup
Boom
Motter
Grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Game over
For all the talk about how slow Baez works on the mound, I thought he was just as quick as anyone else.
Nice win tonight. Big night for Jones and McCormick and nice to the see shutout.
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Baez topped out at 91 mph on his fastball; He routinely hit 94-95 last season. That said, he does have a very good changeup.
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From the rehab appearances I saw in person and online, he was routinely living in the 80s but still missing a lot of bats and inducing soft contact. It will be interesting to see how his decreased velocity plays in the ML but as long as he throws quality strikes and avoids walks, his fb/changeup combination can get outs.
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