A quick end to this one, probably to get out before the hurricane in Florida. It was Cristian Mena’s debut though and he went five innings today. His fastball topped out at 95.2 MPH but seemed to stay closer to 93 for the game. He didn’t show awfully well even with a healthy line of five innings and two runs allowed. He didn’t throw many more strikes (47) than balls (44) and only garnered three swing-and-misses. Here is one though:
1st Triple-A strikeout for Cristian Mena pic.twitter.com/2el6D3KEbp
— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) August 29, 2023
There wasn’t much offense to help Mena get his first Triple-A win, but again, the game did end early.