Dylan Bundy was magnificent in his Angels debut, keying a 4-1 win over the Athletics on Saturday afternoon in Oakland.
Bundy’s slider has long been his bread and butter, holding batters to a .168 batting average and .301 slugging percentage on that pitch for the last three seasons. On Saturday it was working quite well.
Bundy pitched 6u2154 innings in his Angels debut, allowing only a run on three hits. He walked zero and struck out seven, with five of the seven strikeouts finished by a slider.
Bundy induced eight swinging strikes out of the 30 total sliders he threw, per Baseball Savant.