Mackenzie Gore’s second-half got off to a rough start, with the 25-year-old lefty (1-3) with a 7.00 ERA, a 5.62 FIP, 17 walks (5.67 BB/9), 20 strikeouts (6.67 K/9), and a .350/.434/.547 line against in six starts and 27 innings pitched coming out of the All-Star break.
In three outings before last night’s start in the series opener with Atlanta in D.C., however, Gore started to turn things around, posting a 2.00 ERA, a 3.02 FIP, two walks (1.00 BB/9), 19 strikeouts (9.50 K/9), and a .209/.243/.343 line against in 18 IP (which is more in line with the numbers he put up in the first-half: 3.