- It’s one thing to put away a Lastings Milledge when you get ahead 0-2. It’s quite another to put away a Garrett Jones when you fall behind 3-0. Anyone can succeed when they get ahead, but by dismissing Jones - and by doing so in overpowering fashion - Strasburg proves his stuff. Against Steven Strasburg, there’s no such thing as a hitter’s count.And we have our first 100mph, versus Delwyn Young. ...followed by an 83mph curveball that drops a foot and dives towards the ankles. Young swung on top and missed by a foot. That pitch is never going to get hit for a home run. Never. It is never leaving the park.
- Andy LaRoche tags Strasburg for his first Major League hit allowed. 100mph isn’t unhittable when it’s left over the plate, but it should be noted that LaRoche didn’t get the sweet spot on the ball. Nice to get that hit out of the way, because given how untouchable Strasburg has looked, this way people don’t get pissed off if Strasburg gets yanked after six perfect innings.
- Jones strikes out swinging, Young strikes out swinging, Ronny Cedeno strikes out swinging. Once again, we have to remember that this is one of baseball’s worst lineups going up there taking its hacks, but it’s not like these are bad hitters taking bad swings at bad pitches. These are bad hittters taking bad swings at amazing pitches. The curve to Young was one of the best pitches I’ve ever seen. That isn’t hyperbole. It would be impossible to be hyperbolic about that pitch.
Stephen Strasburg Strikes Out The Side In Second Inning
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