Fast forward to the bottom of the fourth inning in Wednesday’s game against the New York Mets.
San Francisco Giants starter Carlos Rodón has spent the past 3+ innings huffing and puffing about the mound, as emotive as a bull, throwing all-gas all over the place. Patient Mets hitters and difficulty locating his fastball early in counts has him averaging around 20 pitches per inning.
The Giants are up 5-0 at this point. Rodón is pitching against himself and taking it personally.
Desperate for a quick inning, he gets Francisco Lindor to pop up to third before Pete Alonso lines a single to left center on an eye level fastball.