Breakout Game

[dccardinal]

Franklin starting his 3rd inning!

[82birds]

Franklin starting his 3rd inning!

and he gives up a walk, 2 singles and a run

[82birds]

Tai Peete leads off Card sixth with oppo single, then steal 2nd
JJ walks

[ramfandan]

His 4 walks in an inning of work was poor (you can use your own word choice ) . I do see in the box score that Doyle did have 3 strikeouts today so that was good , in just an inning of work . His 36.00 ERA must come down a bit though
I could not watch the game yet but will be recording it at 12 midnight . From the description , it sounded like he was quite erratic .
Did anyone see it on TV ? Just curious did he start out any batters with a ' first pitch strike' today. That is a key pitch for success in the MLB. The average first pitch strikes in MLB is between 57%- 60% . Did Doyle get ahead of any batters in the count with first pitch today ?

I saw in the box score that Doyle threw a total of 52 pitches with 27 for strikes ..one over 50% In MLB, a 60%- 64% total strike percentage is considered a sweet spot range for top pitchers. So a 60% rate on 52 pitches would be 31 strikes . Doyle was 4 short of that .

[82birds]

Cards get 5 runs in the 6th to take an 8-5 lead.

the Baez boys doing very well.

[dccardinal]

Yes, Doyle had some first-pitch strikes, but I wasn’t paying close attention to how many.

And Franklin was unlucky in the top of the 6th. Had a close pitch for the first walk that we couldn’t challenge because of two early-game unsuccessful challenges (dumb to try that that early), then a real roller of a base hit to RF because JJ was pulled up the middle. Ball didn’t even get to Baez. Really nothing negative about Franklin’s outing.

A guy that has looked good, today and in the big league games, is Jesus Baez — both at the plate and at SS. He just got a 2-out RBI single here in a 5-run sixth, making it 8-5, and has looked sure-handed and arm-accurate on several plays earlier today and the past 2 weeks.

[82birds]

nice 1-2-3 inning for the very youngin' Yhoiker Fajardo

[82birds]

tomorrow night at midnight, see this game or DVR it on MLB Network

sorry, NOT tomorrow night at midnight.
midnight TONITE

[JaseMan]

Anybody else's mlb.tv just (bleep) our on them?

[82birds]

Cards have 4 pitchers left in the bullpen but Fajardo is out there for his 3rd inning.
?

[82birds]

38 pitches now for Fajardo and he just gave up 3 runs

I question putting him out there for a third inning. (and it isn't Oli)

[82birds]

Winner 9-8

3 innings and 43 pitches for Fajardo.
four guys in bullpen didn't get in the game

[dugoutrex]

did he do his little Al Hrabosky skit ?

[dccardinal]

Fajardo does Hrabosky? (No, he didn’t, but still had a pitch clock violation.)

[dccardinal]

Fajardo does Hrabosky? (No, he didn’t, but still had a pitch clock violation.)

[ramfandan]

tomorrow night at midnight, see this game or DVR it on MLB Network

sorry, NOT tomorrow night at midnight.
midnight TONITE

No problem .. we all knew to DVR at midnight tonight.. the first pitch will be tomorrow 12:01 or after LOL