It seems every day you have a different recapper letting you know that you could check out of the game in the early innings and not miss a thing. I sincerely wish that I had a different story to tell, but believe me when I say this contest was over after the top of the first. Fortunately, that half of a frame gives us plenty to discuss in its own right.
Merrill Kelly returned from the COVID injured list last Wednesday and struggled quite a bit. His outing tonight was just as bad right from the outset. He walked the lead off hitter Jorge Soler on five pitches and then gave up a 107 MPH double off the batter’s eye to Freddie Freeman to follow.