After the drubbing Reese Olson received at the hands of the Brewers on Friday night, it was hard to feel too good about Casey Mize’s chances in this one. Each game is its own thing, and players vary in performance from day to day, but the speedy, contact oriented Brewers offense was well positioned to win this one, and they ultimately did to set up a potential sweep on Sunday.
Mize looked pretty shaky from the start. His splitter continues to be nothing more than a show me pitch with no real depth or deception, and he doesn’t look confident throwing it anywhere near the zone to bait hitters into swings.