Jake Irvin made his first two appearances in Grapefruit League action this spring out of the bullpen, piggybacking on the days he and MacKenzie Gore were scheduled to pitch. Irvin’s first start (after he’d given up 8 R, 7 ER in 3 2⁄3 innings pitched in his first two outings), was a four-inning, 51-pitch, 37-strike, two-hit, five-K outing.
Good to get in that routine again,” Irvin said of starting for the first time this year, as quoted by MASN’s Blanco:
“The goal is just kind of be in attack mode, be on the offensive all night and I think we did a good job.