Last night started to look like the rest of Walker Buehler’s recent outings as he gave up 2 runs in the second inning, but then in the third inning, he came out snarling. He struck out Luis Gonzalez on seven pitches, including 5 straight over 95 MPH. Next, he struck out Mike Yastremski on 5 pitches, including a 96 MPH fastball. Finally, he struck out Wilmer Flores on four pitches. Suddenly, Walker looked like Walker again! He was hitting his spots, his fastball was moving and he got three straight swing and miss outs.
You always hope for the best, but you have to be prepared for the worst and this ain’t good.