• superduperpirate@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I’m looking at the box score, and he went 2 for 3 plus a walk, an RBI, scored, and was part of a double play. All in all a pretty good day.

    Was there something he did spectacularly well that wasn’t captured in the box score?

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      7 days ago

      The double play was an infield fly rule play where he let it drop and then picked off the lead runner.

      Then he got into a pickle between first and second which lead to the winning run and no outs.

      Both of those plays were fun watching. Not something you see every day.

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        7 days ago

        Impressive indeed to find yourself in a pickle and not get tagged out!

        And yeah it’s weird that the starting pitcher for the losing team got a top performer slot when he didn’t even finish 5 innings.

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    7 days ago

    I understand striking out 8 in 4.2 innings is a big deal, but can a starter really be a “top performer” if he can’t pitch 5 innings (and his team ends up losing the game?)