Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 02, 2007
Shutout through Eight

I'm somewhat surprised Felix Hernandez came out for the eighth inning. He was at 98 pitches after seven, but retires the A's giving up one hit in the inning. Felix is done now, having struck out a dozen batters, walking just two and allowing three hits. He threw a total of 109 pitches, 76 for strikes.

Just to be clear, I'm glad he went eight innings, but managers today seem to be so hung up on the 100 pitch limit, especially for a youngster, I thought it was unusual for him to pitch that extra inning.

Update: Putz comes on to preserve the shutout, although he allows a double. It's a big win for Seattle, as they are now halfway to their win total against Oakland last year. More importantly, Felix Hernandez pitched the way he's expected to pitch. It looks like all that off-season work did wonders for his control.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:32 PM | Opening Day | TrackBack (0)
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Also of note, he had 12 groundouts to zero flyouts.

One word comes to mind: damn.

Posted by: GB Percentage at April 2, 2007 08:48 PM

Dropping twenty pounds really does wonders. WoW!

I watched his eight innings and jumped on the treadmill for the ninth.

Posted by: Jason McAdams at April 2, 2007 09:08 PM
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