MIA 1, SF 5: Slam Spoils Sunday

When Braxton Garrett struck out Mike Yastrzemski in the top of the 1st inning, the optimism may have never been higher for the former 1st round pick since his name was called nearly six years ago to the day. The soft-tossing left-hander put the grandson of Hall of Fame left fielder, Carl, away on a 92.8 mph fastball, the hardest thrown pitch of his Major League career. From there on out, though, things would take a precipitous downturn.

Garrett would escape a first-and-third, one-out jam in the 2nd only to have a 1-2-3 3rd inning and overall good first impression ruined by a Donovan Walton grand slam in the 4th, effectively ending his 2022-debut after 72 pitches and 3.1 innings. Striking out…