Things hadn't exactly gone Bailey Falter's way in his three July starts heading into today. He'd allowed seven home runs in those three outings, all of which were relatively shorter due to lack of execution and higher pitch counts.
This afternoon, Falter trusted his stuff, executed with consistency and produced seven innings of one-run ball in which he allowed four hits and struck out a season-high eight batters, which also tied a career high. He has now gone seven innings and allowed one run or fewer on four different occasions this season, but he hadn't lasted more than six innings in a start since May 31 against the Padres.
"Just trying to get back on course, honestly," Falter said. "I mean, all these guys in the locker room have been picking me up this past, like, month and a half, two months coming up on. So definitely felt good to go out there and do that for these guys in this locker room because they don't take a pitch off for me. Bullpen’s been picking me up these past couple months. Felt good to get out there, get it done for these guys."
THE ASYLUM
Things hadn't exactly gone Bailey Falter's way in his three July starts heading into today. He'd allowed seven home runs in those three outings, all of which were relatively shorter due to lack of execution and higher pitch counts.
This afternoon, Falter trusted his stuff, executed with consistency and produced seven innings of one-run ball in which he allowed four hits and struck out a season-high eight batters, which also tied a career high. He has now gone seven innings and allowed one run or fewer on four different occasions this season, but he hadn't lasted more than six innings in a start since May 31 against the Padres.
"Just trying to get back on course, honestly," Falter said. "I mean, all these guys in the locker room have been picking me up this past, like, month and a half, two months coming up on. So definitely felt good to go out there and do that for these guys in this locker room because they don't take a pitch off for me. Bullpen’s been picking me up these past couple months. Felt good to get out there, get it done for these guys."
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