The eight-game skid is over. Thursday’s 5-0 over the Phillies was a welcome relief.
Ryan Feltner, Justin Lawrence, and Pierce Johnson combined to hold the Phillies to six hits and struck them out 11 times. That made the difference.
Entering the game, Feltner had given up 13 runs in 13 1/3 innings for an 8.78 ERA. He hadn’t pitched out of the fifth inning and had given up at least three runs in each of his starts. Feltner has a solid arsenal centered around his sinker, slider, changeup, and four-seam fastball. His potential is mile-high, as Purple Row’s Mario DeGenz broke down in November.