Considering the amount of lumber in both the Yankees and Dodgers lineups, both teams combined for no runs scored and seven hits combined through the first ten innings is a tad surprising.
It's clearly obvious that the New York Yankees are not the same without Soto in the lineup.
Stanton's now the de facto cleanup hitter, who still has pop, but is not even close to the power hitter that he was in Miami.
Rizzo, who is so far past his prime now bats fifth.
That lineup is clearly not the same.
Houston Astro starting pitcher Framber Valdez threw a nine-inning complete game defeating the Angels 4-1 averaging less than twelve pitches per inning.
That's an impressive display of efficiency, putting that in prospective though, in 1998 alone Greg Maddux IMO the greatest control pitcher of my lifetime threw five complete shutouts, one of those setting a modern-day era record in doing it in one hour and forty-six minutes, baseball writer Jason Lukehart coined the phrase "throwing a Maddux" when describing a complete game shutout in under 100 pitches, which Maddux has done 13 times in his career, the most ever in modern day MLB history.
Overall, Maddux threw 109 career complete games.
Complete games by starting pitchers are demonstrability up so far this season, and personally I love it.
The Kansas City Royals spotted Seattle seven runs in the top of the first inning, came all the way back to win the game walk off style with three runs in the bottom of the ninth with three runs.
Bobby Witt Jr. had three more hits, leads the league in batting average, runs scored, and base hits.
Witt with seven triples is second in that category, and second in the league in stolen bases to go along with his 11 HR's.
Depending on the seriousness of Soto's injury, the AL MVP is now a two-man contest between Witt Jr. and Judge.
I may be biased here with this, but my vote goes to Witt, but I don't have a vote.
I'm starting to believe KC is on that magic carpet ride they were on in 2014-2015.
It's clearly obvious that the New York Yankees are not the same without Soto in the lineup.
Stanton's now the de facto cleanup hitter, who still has pop, but is not even close to the power hitter that he was in Miami.
Rizzo, who is so far past his prime now bats fifth.
That lineup is clearly not the same.
Houston Astro starting pitcher Framber Valdez threw a nine-inning complete game defeating the Angels 4-1 averaging less than twelve pitches per inning.
That's an impressive display of efficiency, putting that in prospective though, in 1998 alone Greg Maddux IMO the greatest control pitcher of my lifetime threw five complete shutouts, one of those setting a modern-day era record in doing it in one hour and forty-six minutes, baseball writer Jason Lukehart coined the phrase "throwing a Maddux" when describing a complete game shutout in under 100 pitches, which Maddux has done 13 times in his career, the most ever in modern day MLB history.
Overall, Maddux threw 109 career complete games.
Complete games by starting pitchers are demonstrability up so far this season, and personally I love it.
The Kansas City Royals spotted Seattle seven runs in the top of the first inning, came all the way back to win the game walk off style with three runs in the bottom of the ninth with three runs.
Bobby Witt Jr. had three more hits, leads the league in batting average, runs scored, and base hits.
Witt with seven triples is second in that category, and second in the league in stolen bases to go along with his 11 HR's.
Depending on the seriousness of Soto's injury, the AL MVP is now a two-man contest between Witt Jr. and Judge.
I may be biased here with this, but my vote goes to Witt, but I don't have a vote.
I'm starting to believe KC is on that magic carpet ride they were on in 2014-2015.