True Blue LA · Mar 31, 2018
Velocity down for Kenley Jansen in his 2018 debut
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers have dropped two games giving up a total of two runs, both by Giants second baseman Joe Panik, who hit 10 home runs in each of the last two seasons.
“That’s not how we scripted it,” manager Dave Roberts said.
Panik is the only player in major league history to hit a solo home run in back-to-back 1-0 wins at any point in the season, per STATS LLC. On Friday his home run came on an 89.6 mph cutter from Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen, on the inner third of the plate.
“It was kind of a cement mixer there,” Roberts said. “It was in his nitro zone, and uncharacteristic for Kenley.”