Houston — Eight of Casey Mize’s first 11 pitches Monday night were balls. He walked Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman and was staring at Yordan Alvarez and Carlos Correa, the Astros’ Nos. 4 and 5 hitters. Three batters in and already things were teetering.
Catcher Grayson Greiner took off his mask, called timeout and walked to the mound.
“I went out there and said, ‘Hey, your last five misses were in the same spot. You are good enough to make the adjustment. Make the adjustment,’” Greiner said.
Oh, did he ever make the adjustment.