Michael Kopech. Bailey Ober. Pitcher’s duel. Until . . .
Andrew Vaughn, on the first pitch delivered to the plate in the fifth inning, homered to dead center field. The baseball traveled off of the bat 424 feet, at 103.4 mph.
Play Andrew Vaughn Every Day.
Kopech was absolutely outstanding. In five innings, he sprinkled three hits on top of his seven-strikeout cupcake. He only walked one batter. Michael’s fastball was simply doing work. Of his 83 pitches, 65 of them were 4-seamers (78%). Griffin Jax’s goal in the sixth was to throw more of the same pitch — his slider at 83%.