Think about an immaculate inning. That’s nine pitches, nine strikes, three strikeouts, pure perfection. It hardly ever happens. On Monday, Lou Trivino did something that’s even rarer these days.
Trivino got the call to finish off the Oakland A’s 6-0 victory over the Houston Astros, mopping up the 9th inning in a game that was mostly decided already. He threw one pitch to Kyle Tucker and got a flyout. On the next pitch, he induced a flyout from Carlos Correa. Then Aledmys Diaz came up and swung at the first offering as well, flying out to end the game.