Alec Marsh
vs
Pablo López
March is making his second career MLB start. His first was against the Dodgers and it did not go so well, giving up five runs in four innings. Checking his minor league numbers and while he had decent strikeout (11.4 K/9) and walk (3.9 BB/9) numbers, the ERA was not decent at 5.72 over 245 ⅓ innings, mostly in AA. He's 25 but was drafted in 2019 so lost his first year of MiLB development in 2020. Expect all three true outcomes today as the Twins get a tiny buffer in the "above .500" category.
coup de circuit!
Cue up Yakety Sax!
Jeffers with a painful run scored
Dodge ball rules, he would have been out.
In the very early days of baseball he would've been out, too.
I like it when Cuzzi makes bad calls that benefit the Twins.
Nevermind. He equaled the accounts. Maybe he's just bad at his job.
He's got somewhere to be.
Maybe?!
I know it's the Royals making it like a AAA handicap, but this is the kind of start I want to see from López.
not here
JEFFERS!
BOSO.
Hope Lopez comes back out.
Going into the bottom half of the lineup with 87 pitches so I think he should be allowed to got one more inning.
Shoot. If he got that third out there, he might have come out for the 9th. Don't see that happening anymore.
I can see it going either way. It's his last start in the first half so he'll have over a week of rest before his next start. The Twins are off tomorrow so an extra day off for the bullpen would be nice too.
I typed that before the nice Kepler catch after the next pitch. I could see him at least starting the inning.
That was an efficient inning.
KC booth telling me Lopez has never pitched a shutout or complete game.
Done, and done!
Okay, must get the final out on the first pitch to get the Maddux.
Thanks Melendez.
Nevermind, that was pitch 100. I thought it was going to be 99. Too bad.
Have a day Pablo Lopez!!!!!!
Glad the Royals were on board with getting Lopez the shutout.
Nice Lopezenzy ballgame