That's about as good of a first inning off of Scherzer as you can ask for.
Culberson got a hit, and Acuna, Freddie and Markakis all worked the count and made him work. The more pitches we can make him throw, the quicker he'll be gone.
Hopefully Folty is on his game today.
Padres already helped us out.
And it sucks that Albies is gonna have to miss some games, but Culberson is the best backup plan that you can ask for.
Since we're coming off the ASB and had a rainout yesterday and with Folty being off, if we had something that was close to a decent bullpen, I would have been tempted to pinch hit for Folty there.
Two hits in his first two at bats. Maybe he'll find his groove in the 7 holes. If we could get him back to hitting anywhere close to how he was last year, it would be a huge boost to the offense.
His single the last inning was classic Ender. Just poked the ball into center field. So much more pleasing to the eye than a groundout to first.