PHILADELPHIA – Ty Blach did not merely control the strike zone Friday night. He bent and shaped it from the mound. He mastered it from the batter’s box, too.
Blach became the first Giants pitcher since Ray Sadecki 1969 to draw three walks in a game, although a young and inexperienced Phillies pitching staff had something to do with that.
More impressive was the way Blach kept ruffling the fringe and firing strikes all the way to the handshake line in a 10-0 victory over the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
Blach fired a seven-hitter while throwing both the first complete game and shutout of his career.