The Royals have all been on heaters. They collectively hit over .350 during the homestead. They made contact more than 70% of the time on pitches outside the zone. They also hit over .300 with 2 strikes....Yeah it was like that. I'm not putting too much on the pitchers this series. They do have to make better quality pitches though.
I'm not mad about pulling Kirby. He's still only in his 2nd season. He threw over 100 pitches his last start and he got hit around a little in his last inning
The Royals have all been on heaters. They collectively hit over .350 during the homestead. They made contact more than 70% of the time on pitches outside the zone. They also hit over .300 with 2 strikes....Yeah it was like that. I'm not putting too much on the pitchers this series. They do have to make better quality pitches though.
I'm not mad about pulling Kirby. He's still only in his 2nd season. He threw over 100 pitches his last start and he got hit around a little in his last inning.
In reference to my post above, I think Salk was on to something when he said they might be "pitching to contact" to go farther in to the game because the Relievers have been over worked.
But, like you said, KC was hitting outside of the zone, which is pretty impressive.
I think George was supposed to "pitch to contact" also, because so many hits came from over the plate. Kirby is so young, and so accurate on the edges, that it wasn't surprising he struggled pitching over the plate.
The commentators kept making the point that the pitches were over the plate, and that the outs were coming from there.
In the last 30 days, the Royals are 2nd in the league in batting average (.281), just behind Atlanta (.287).
The Mariners are 6th, at .262.
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