By the way Michael Wacha’s season finished a year ago _ when he was battling a second stress reaction in his right shoulder _ you likely wouldn’t recall that he finished on a winning streak of five games, especially since he wound up only 7-7 with a unsightly 5.09 earned run average.
But add on four victories during this spring’s exhibition schedule, as Wacha proved his health and pitching wealth, and the righthander took a nine-game streak into Saturday’s initial 2017 regular-season outing against Cincinnati.
Make it 10. And add in an RBI.
That last note is no mean feat because Wacha, in the midst of an .