Perhaps I need to insult Brady Singer in the game threads more often because he twirled an absolute gem today. And this time it wasn’t spoiled by a managerial decision to leave him in for a fourth time through the order but by the bullpen’s inability to avoid home runs.
Singer’s day didn’t start off well, but it did end up pretty well. Through the first three innings, he had allowed a pair of runs. Those ended up being the only runs he would allow in the game, however, and he struck out nine batters starting in the third inning and through the end of the sixth, including striking out the side in the fifth.