In a matchup between the top two teams in baseball, we were treated to a duel between two top young arms, one established as a star in Strider and one a top prospect adjusting to the majors.
The first three innings lived up to the hype of the pitching. Bradley was perfect through three, showcasing why he was such a highly regarding prospect, striking out four. Strider ran into some trouble early, with a single and a double in the first, but avoided allowing any to come home and struck out a whopping seven batters in a row from the second out of the first to the second out of the third.