Working with a postage-stamp sized zone from home plate umpire Ryan Wills, Dunn was sharp as he’s ever been over five strong innings, striking out six and walking just two. Honestly, Dunn probably could have collected a few extra strikeouts if not for the insanely tight zone, which was especially tight at the top, all but eliminating Dunn’s high fastball as a called strike. The young hurler adjusted and battled back, though, with his most impressive inning being the fourth, where he struck out the side on three exceptionally ugly swings:
Of the 20 batters he faced, Dunn threw first-pitch strikes to 15 of them, and with that head start was able to keep himself ahead in the count and go after batters with aggression—or as Dunn described it in his postgame interview, “here it is, hit it.