In Jake Irvin’s outing at his home base in the nation’s capital on May 4th, he scored four unearned runs in the first inning due in part to unstable defense in a damp infield, but Irvin struggled with the tough start. I cut it ((Finally 35 pitch frame) I pitched 4 scoreless innings behind him (with 62 pitches) lost to Toronto 6-3.
[Jake] He threw the ball really well,” manager Davey Martinez said after Irvin threw 107 pitches in the rotation. Irvin averaged over 88 pitches in seven games the following year when he started.
“He probably had a couple of double plays there,” Martinez added. “We probably could have gotten out of the first inning with only one run, but we just couldn’t play defense behind him. He was good all day. He gave us five innings. He let me throw it.
“He didn’t give up a run after the first inning.”
“After something like that, you’re just trying to get as deep as you can.” As quoted by MASN’s Bobby Blanco, Irvin said:First of all, it is recovering smoothly from the rough weather.
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“Just keep us in the game and give us a chance to win every inning.”
It’s the competitive nature of the game,” he explained of staying focused no matter what’s going on behind you.
“I’ve got to keep us in the ball game and make sure I do my part to give us a chance to win the game.”
Irvin reprized his role in Saturday’s starting lineup. boston red sox At Fenway, he started for the Nationals, allowing 4 hits and 2 runs in 7 innings, striking out 6 of the 26 batters he faced with 18 strikeouts.9 on fastball, 7 on curve.), 12 Cold Strike (5 fastballs and 5 curveballs each) with a 103-pitch effort.
Irvin’s teammates Joey Meneses and Eddie Rosario each had one-out hits into the left field seats at Fenway Park against the Green Monster, but Rosario’s had to be reviewed and Wylier -Abreu (solo home run) and Jalen Duran (RBI double) scored for the Sox. We got past Irvin in the last 7 and ended up in a 2-2 draw.
For the Nationals, Robert Garcia came on in the eighth inning and was hit with a single by Rob Refsnyder. Romy Gonzalez reached for CJ Abrams’ throwing error on a force play, and although Abrams stepped on the bag himself, he threw the ball high to first base, allowing Gonzalez to reach second base instead. Garcia intentionally walked Tyler O’Neal, setting up a lefty-on-lefty battle with Rafael Devers. Devers hit a Nats southpaw with a double and the Red Sox won 4-2.
“I was on the spot,” Martinez said after the loss. That didn’t work. ”
At the time, he was warming up Hunter Harvey, with the intention of playing him against right-hander Vaughn Grissom if needed. Was he thinking about going to Harvey vs. Devers?
“No, he was going to play against Grissom if the bases were loaded.”
“The ballgame was a tie,” Martinez explained. “So I thought it was the right matchup. It was a good battle there. He fouled off some good, tough pitches off, but Raffi gave his best today. But Garcia He’s throwing a good ball. He’s our lefty, so we decided to go that route. It didn’t work out today, but I think he’ll do it again tomorrow in a draw ball game.”
Irvin was strong with only 7 pitches, but after 103 pitches hurt his arm, the manager decided to go to the bullpen.
“We thought it was a good time to have him throw about 100 pitches. He was throwing the ball really well. And he finished really strong and threw the ball really, really well today. I’m really proud of him. He attacked the strike zone and really gave us the innings we needed.
“Just trying to get deep into the game.” Save the pen a little bit,” Irvin said, Quoted by MASN writer Bobby Blancofor giving his club seven innings.
“We have a really long road trip ahead of us, and I know a lot of these guys have pitched quite a bit this year.
“So I’m just trying to do whatever I can to save their arm a little bit and get them as deep into the ballgame as possible.”
“Our bullpen is well used,” Martinez said. “So for him to come out and give us seven innings was huge.”
