Posted:
#76
Keep Kirby in!
Couple thoughts
Posted:
#80
Kirby gets through it on 55 pitches, so we gained a little ground. No reach around yet.
The basic handicap was that this thing would stay tight until we could get into the later innings. Somehow we’ve got a 5-2 lead instead.
Now Lambert, for the love of God, give me one clean fucking zero.
Posted:
#87
64 pitches, 37 strikes, 27 balls, 3 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts. That’s only about a 58% strike rate, which is the biggest concern. Two walks in three innings plus 27 balls tells us the command is still not where we’d want it.
But the progression matters. Seattle got all 2 runs and all 3 hits in the first inning. Since then Lambert has thrown two consecutive scoreless innings without allowing another hit. So this isn’t a pitcher continuing to get hammered. He got punched immediately and then legitimately settled down.
The pitch count is the problem. 64 through three projects terribly for length. Houston should not be asking him for six innings tonight. If he can give them a reasonably clean fourth, maybe get into the fifth without creating a mess
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