Tony Gonsolin made his first career start at home for the Dodgers last night and it was a fantastic outing. Gonsolin went six innings, allowing two hits, no runs, one walk, and recorded seven strikeouts. The cat lover was quick to pounce on the Cardinals’ hitters getting ahead with his four-seam fastball.
In addition to his mid 90s fastball, Tony mixed in his slider and splitter to keep batters off-balance all game long. Gonsolin’s splitter was very effective to left-handed batters and he countered right-handed hitters with his slider. After looking overwhelmed in his MLB debut in which the Dodger defense failed him, Tony has been much better in his last two outings.