The progression of his sinker so pronounced, Luis Perdomo’s innate ability to simply put hitters away has, at times, got lost in the shuffle this year. Sunday’s start served as a reminder.
The 23-year-old struck out five batters, used that developing two-seamer to fetch eight groundball outs and didn’t allow an earned run for the first time in his career in a 9-1 win that snapped his personal four-game skid in the Padres’ rotation.
Perdomo allowed just five hits, didn’t walk anyone and didn’t allow anyone past first until his throwing error on Phil Gosselin’s seventh-inning infield single forced Perdomo to throw wildly to first.