Mackenzie Gore smashed the first 10 hitters in the nation’s capital last night before dodging the first hit he allowed in the 4th inning with 1 out and had six more hits. boston red soxIn the 7th inning, strike out the batter before the first batter walks (In the next turn at bat, he powerfully erased it at second base).
but, blistersManager Davey Martinez and club trainer Paul Lessard were pulled to the mound after a cracked fingernail on his left middle finger, and Gore was sent off after striking out seven and allowing just one run in 85 pitches. He had 13 whiff strikeouts on a hit and two walks (Spread approximately evenly over four pitches) and 14 cold strikes (12 of those were successful with his four-seam fastball) was a crushing win at Nationals Park.
The 24-year-old Washington southpaw admitted, “It was frustrating,” when asked how it felt to see a great game end like this. “But that’s something I deal with, so there’s no panic button or anything like that. But yeah, a lot of good things happened tonight.”
Including good points As MASN’s Mark Zuckerman pointed out in X(formerly known as Twitter), Gore threw first-pitch strikes to 17 of the 21 batters he faced.
“We were ahead of other players,” added Gore. “[Catcher] Keibert [Ruiz] It was amazing. He returned a large number of double plays (2). And we hit some big home runs (three),” said the starting pitchers in a no-decision 6-2 win at home to the Nationals.
He escaped from the tough situation of starting three games and recorded an ERA of 6.19 (and 7.14 FIPs) 16 IP’s strong performance is a welcome change and a reward for all the hard work, Gore said.
“There have been many good things,” he said.
“The ball count was low. But I’m hoping things will work out. We’ve been doing things the right way and tonight we finally got the results, which was great.”
What was different this time?
“I think the delivery was good today. I was able to put the ball in the right place in terms of release points and throw strikes,” Gore said.
“He attacked the strike zone so that’s good,” manager Davey Martinez said after the four-point rally (Lewis’ 3-run home run and Stone Garrett’s second home run of the game were the driving force) led the home team to victory in the eighth inning home half. “[Gore] Everything worked out today, I hit the strike zone, I had a fastball, I had a good changeup. He threw a slider when he needed it, a curveball when he needed it, but today it was all about the fastball. His fastball is in the zone and like I said, he was hitting really well in the zone today, so that was great. ”
But when Martinez went to the mound and looked at Gore’s fingers, he quickly decided this wasn’t something a left-handed pitcher could throw.
“He cracked his nail a little and it blister,“I mean, we couldn’t do anything about it, we had to take him out of the game.”
The problem was “the side of the nail on the middle finger,” Gore told reporters.
“It happened,” he said. But you should be fine by the next start. But sweating and softening my skin is something I always have to deal with. ”
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“It’s something I’ve dealt with many times, so it’s okay.”
Despite the ups and downs of the season, Martinez said Goa’s start on Wednesday night was a great example of the Gore pitcher the club acquired as one of the five top contenders the club acquired in exchange for Juan Soto. Ta(and Josh Bell) at the 2022 trade deadline, San Diego Padreswhen it’s best.
“I’ve been saying this all year, his stuff is great,” said the sixth-year bench boss. “Every five days or every time he goes out, he has to figure out what he wants to do. His stuff is really good, and the point is just to kill hitters and trust defense instead of putting yourself in a situation where you walk them and get the count deep.
“He did it today. He said, ‘I’m going to throw strikes, believe in my defense, go out and compete.’ And he was great.”
