When your team is in a bit of a funk, best not to over complicate things. Alex Wood kept things simple and he kept things moving on Wednesday night, throwing 7 innings of 1 run ball against the Colorado Rockies in about the same runtime as Pixar’s “Monster’s Inc.”
69 of Wood’s 101 pitches were strikes. He K’ed 5, walked none, and kept balls on the ground. It was Wood’s longest outing of the season and the pace he maintained over the 7 innings was effectively brisk. He was the dog unraveling its leash to its full length, pushing forward, pulling everyone else along, restrained not by choice but by the overarching structures of the game.