PITTSBURGH — Sometimes, less is more. That’s the big takeaway for Chad Kuhl over the last two starts, as he followed his worst performance of the season with a five-inning one-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in what became a 1-0 victory Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.
His last time out against the Washington Nationals, Kuhl reached back for 99.5 mph on one of his two-seam fastballs. It was an impressive moment. The rest of the start was not. Kuhl gave up six runs on ten hits in four innings against the Nationals.
In between starts, Kuhl did some soul searching, watched a lot of video, and found a version of himself that he thought would work a lot better.