In his second start after an extended rest, and brief trip to the minors, DJ Herz put together a strong, five-inning, 79-pitch outing, walking one batter, striking out eight, and giving up a total of three hits (one a homer), and two runs.
Herz finished up on a roll, retiring 10 of the last 11 hitters he faced, seven via strikeout, and he mixed things up in the outing, with 18 swinging strikes overall, 15 on his fastball, 8 of 13 called strikes on his heater, which he leaned on for 62% of his pitches, up from an average of 54.