For the second day in a row the San Francisco Giants offense looked hapless against a Washington Nationals starter.
Swap lefty MacKenzie Gore with RHP Jake Irvin, who scattered 3 hits and 2 walks over 8 innings while striking out 7. There was no “ghost” injury this time to pull Irvin from the mound, nor was there a bullpen meltdown to save them. No consecutive walks, wild pitches, no rallies-for-free — the offense went quietly in Saturday’s 3 - 0 loss.
The 8 complete were the deepest Irvin has pitched into a game, the 7 strikeouts were tied with his season high, the 3 hits allowed tied with his lowest — without a doubt this was the righty’s best start of the season so far, and he might’ve taken a page out of fellow curveball enthusiast Landen Roupp’s book to do it.