Leclerc with 10 strikes and 15 balls. We really need him to pitch well since our BP depth is shallow. But he just keeps giving guys free passes. Urena and Yates did great.
And regardless of what people think about Lowe we could use him back out there to give us our full compliment of players and with a better defensive 1st baseman.
Leody got back there in plenty of time without even having to run full speed. There is not excuse for that and that is an error and not a hit. I had MLB scoring plays nowadays.
For what it's worth you like to see a series where if you don't score the pitching bails you out and if the pitching is subpar then the offense bails you out. Nice to win the series.
I hope Leiter has an awesome game and it keeps him in the rotation. His lack of control in the past would just irritate the daylights out of me. But he has really improved on that part of his game. If he struggles today that won't bother me as I will attribute it to 1st game jitters and I hope...
I am glad to see that he was throwing strikes. My concern in his first start would be that he is so ramped up that the ball goes all over the place. Not a knock on him but a natural tendency for guys making there first start in the bigs. Their nerves and adrenaline are going 100 mph.