DJ Hurts struggled through three games in his penultimate start of the season. 1⁄3 In the innings, he allowed six hits, three walks, and seven earned runs.
Hurts, 23, threw up to 83 pitches in the abbreviated turn of the rotation, previously throwing 35 of 83 pitches, with five of his hits, all of his runs, and two of his three free passes. succeeded in the fourth inning. Being pulled.
When asked what he will take away from his start, Hurts told reporters it’s something to put behind him and move forward as he tries to learn at the major league level.
“I don’t think I like the take very much,” Hurts said. “I forget about it, move on to the next thing, and then keep doing what I was doing.
“Sometimes things go your way, and sometimes they don’t. Obviously, that first walk of the fourth inning wasn’t a good start, so you kind of make your own luck. Yeah, that’s what it felt like.”
As for why this result happened, Hurts said it was because he didn’t turn away batters.
“I think I was attacking the zone. I was moving forward,” he explained.
“Those four innings, they did a really good job with two strikes and, yeah, they got me.
“In that last inning, all their hits were two strikes, so I don’t have much confidence.”
It’s a new learning experience for the rookie, cubs In 2023, he will break into the Nationals’ rotation.
“It’s a learning process, right?” coach Davey Martinez said of Hertz’s penultimate start and the season as a whole.
“We’re going to sit down with him and talk about what happened, what happened and what we can do differently for his next outing.
“We’re not going to beat him up too much because he was a pretty good player. But we want him to learn from this mistake so we don’t have any problems in the next game.” When that happens, or the first one gets going, he knows how to slow things down and move on to the next pitch.”
“I think it’s about minimizing it as much as possible,” Hertz said of how difficult situations should be approached. Gather the following people. ”
Hurts avoided a leadoff walk in two of the five innings he took the mound as No. 19 in the majors, holding the Kansas City Royals to one run on three hits and three walks in a five-inning, 81-pitch start. Last appearance of the season.
“His fastball was down a little bit in velo, but he worked hard in the innings for us. That for him speaks volumes about how much he’s grown over the years,” Martinez said of Hertz’s struggles. spoke.
“At first, when he didn’t have a good one, it would be 85-90 pitches in three innings.
“He pitched 81 pitches through five innings for us, which says a lot about him and his development, so it was pretty good.”
Hertz finished 1988 with a 4.16 ERA, 3.71 FIP, 36 walks (3.65 BB/9), 106 Ks (10.76 K/9), and a batting average of .224/.303/.359. . 2⁄3 IP.
“It’s been a good season. We learned a lot,” Hertz said after his penultimate start.
“I’m proud of how I got through this first game,” he said after the final game. Quoted by Mark Zuckerman of MASN. “It’s been really great. I’m just grateful to be able to get through the season healthy and have another full season.”
