However, it almost didn’t happen because of a sickness that hit him the night before.
Fulmer has said before that he often has trouble falling asleep the night before he pitches, but this was new. He had the chills, he was sweating and his stomach wasn’t feeling right.
“I was in the other room, and he sent me a text saying I’ve got a fever,” said Dansby Swanson, who rooms with Fulmer at home and away games. “I went back to the other room, and I go in there, and I’m like, ‘Do you need Advil, water, what can I do?