Wild pitches were prevalent in Sunday’s three-game series finale, and while it appeared to doom Brandon McCarthy and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Colorado Rockies were ultimately done in by the lack of command.
For as well as McCarthy has pitched, his performance Sunday mirrored that of last season when he battled a case of the yips. McCarthy did manage to complete a 1-2-3 first inning on an efficient 13 pitches before trouble set in.
He walked Mark Reynolds to start the second inning, then threw multiple wild pitches that allowed Reynolds to advance to third base.