MacKenzie Gore did give up a total of eight hits and three runs (all of them earned) in 5 1⁄3 innings on the mound Wednesday afternoon in Arizona, and he didn’t get a lot of swings and misses (7), or Ks (1), but he walked just one batter during his 98-pitch appearance, which, all together, was an improvement over his previous few outings (4 GS, 10.80 ERA, 5.83 FIP, .318/.436/.508 line against in 15 IP).
“I really liked it,” manager Davey Martinez said of Gore’s 22nd start of the season.