Danny Salazar had an interesting outing in this one. He struck out the side in the first (albeit on twenty pitches), then struck out three more in the second (albeit after allowing a leadoff homer to Jose Abreu). He struck out two more in the third (albeit after allowing another leadoff homer and a third run). He struck out Adam Dunn to lead off the fourth, then allowed three runs before fanning Adrian Nieto. He was then relieved by Josh Outman having faced eighteen batters, making 93 pitches, and recording eleven outs, a whopping ten of them on strikeouts. He was “on pace” (I hate doing that, but in this case it’s fun) to strikeout 24 batters and make 228 pitches.
Two personal notes for the White Sox:
1. This was an era, like the current one, in which they could put four Cuban players in their lineups (Abreu, Dayan Viciedo, Alexei Ramirez and Nieto).
2. Jordan Danks got into the game as a defensive replacement in the eighth; his brother John had started but was relieved in the seventh.
No comments:
Post a Comment