GOODYEAR, Ariz. – When Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect Nick Lodolo made his spring training debut in 2022, he was one strike away from finishing the second inning with three consecutive strikeouts.
On Friday against the Cleveland Guardians, Lodolo was facing his final hitter and threw a pitch that appeared to clip the outside corner. The umpire called the pitch a ball, so Lodolo had to go back to the mound and make one more pitch to finish his two-inning appearance.
He calmly went back into his motion, threw another strike three pitch and ended his spring debut with four strikeouts in two scoreless innings.