vs. ANGELS, 7/30

[OFFNY]

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The ESPN announcers stated that they believed that Gausman was being conscientious of his no-hitter in the 5th inning, and that that may have played a part in his walking the 3 batters that he did before the Angels got their 3 RBI's on 2 hits.

I think that they may have been onto something, although the home-plate umpire's strike zone seemed to be pretty stingy that inning, also.

They also mentioned that when he was struggling after he had walked the 3 batters that he did that inning that he looked back at the mound after he threw a 1-1 pitch for a ball to make the count 2-1, as if to try to blame something. Maybe.

What I did like (as did the announcers) was that he came back and settled in to pitch 2 more shutout innings after that near-disastrous 5th. Perhaps after he got the idea of the no-hitter out of his system AND survived a very scary inning, he re-focused and went back to pitching the way that he did in the first 4 innings.

Overall ...... rookie comes out firing early, struggles badly in the 5th (but doesn't completely fall apart), and then is able to re-focus and get back on his game to complete a solid outing of 3-run, 7-inning ball.

A learning experience for Gausman for sure, something that I believe can be very helpful to him in the long run.

[TouchemAll]

Scor mor runzz!!

[backwardsk]

So Matusz was warming to pitch to Hamilton. Had Britton not pitched last night, do you think Buck would have given him a chance at a 4 out save?

[Fiver]

You know what regardless of result. I freaking love this team for providing real meaningful baseball night in and night out. God bless Buck and the Birds.

[TouchemAll]

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The ESPN announcers stated that they believed that Gausman was being conscientious of his no-hitter in the 5th inning, and that that may have played a part in his walking the 3 batters that he did before the Angels got their 3 RBI's on 2 hits.

I think that they may have been onto something, although the home-plate umpire's strike zone seemed to be pretty stingy that inning, also.

They also mentioned that when he was struggling after he had walked the 3 batters that he did that inning that he looked back at the mound after he threw a 1-1 pitch for a ball to make the count 2-1, as if to try to blame something. Maybe.

What I did like (as did the announcers) was that he came back and settled in to pitch 2 more shutout innings after that near-disastrous 5th. Perhaps after he got the idea of the no-hitter out of his system AND survived a very scary inning, he re-focused and went back to pitching the way that he did in the first 4 innings.

Overall ...... rookie comes out firing early, struggles badly in the 5th (but doesn't completely fall apart), and then is able to re-focus and get back on his game to complete a solid outing of 3-run, 7-inning ball.

A learning experience for Gausman for sure, something that I believe can be very helpful to him in the long run.

The bold section is the key he kept his cool and did not lose it.

[Palmoripken]

You know what regardless of result. I freaking love this team for providing real meaningful baseball night in and night out. God bless Buck and the Birds.

It is so fun watching meaningful ball again in late summer.

[Rich Mac]

o

The ESPN announcers stated that they believed that Gausman was being conscientious of his no-hitter in the 5th inning, and that that may have played a part in his walking the 3 batters that he did before the Angels got their 3 RBI's on 2 hits.

I think that they may have been onto something, although the home-plate umpire's strike zone seemed to be pretty stingy that inning, also.

They also mentioned that when he was struggling after he had walked the 3 batters that he did that inning that he looked back at the mound after he threw a 1-1 pitch for a ball to make the count 2-1, as if to try to blame something. Maybe.

What I did like (as did the announcers) was that he came back and settled in to pitch 2 more shutout innings after that near-disastrous 5th. Perhaps after he got the idea of the no-hitter out of his system AND survived a very scary inning, he re-focused and went back to pitching the way that he did in the first 4 innings.

Overall ...... rookie comes out firing early, struggles badly in the 5th (but doesn't completely fall apart), and then is able to re-focus and get back on his game to complete a solid outing of 3-run, 7-inning ball.

A learning experience for Gausman for sure, something that I believe can be very helpful to him in the long run.

I was thinking the same thing as it was happening. I was almost hoping he would give up a hit to get over the no-hitter ... although he had runners all over the place at that point.

Coming back in the following innings was incredibly impressive.

[backwardsk]

I'll take 4 runs in 7 innings against Richards.

[TonySoprano]

Boston rolling over for Toronto again 6-1

NYY losing 3-2 early

[lovetoaster]

You know what regardless of result. I freaking love this team for providing real meaningful baseball night in and night out. God bless Buck and the Birds.

Hurrupmh!

[Palmoripken]

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The ESPN announcers stated that they believed that Gausman was being conscientious of his no-hitter in the 5th inning, and that that may have played a part in his walking the 3 batters that he did before the Angels got their 3 RBI's on 2 hits.

I think that they may have been onto something, although the home-plate umpire's strike zone seemed to be pretty stingy that inning, also.

They also mentioned that when he was struggling after he had walked the 3 batters that he did that inning that he looked back at the mound after he threw a 1-1 pitch for a ball to make the count 2-1, as if to try to blame something. Maybe.

What I did like (as did the announcers) was that he came back and settled in to pitch 2 more shutout innings after that near-disastrous 5th. Perhaps after he got the idea of the no-hitter out of his system AND survived a very scary inning, he re-focused and went back to pitching the way that he did in the first 4 innings.

Overall ...... rookie comes out firing early, struggles badly in the 5th (but doesn't completely fall apart), and then is able to re-focus and get back on his game to complete a solid outing of 3-run, 7-inning ball.

A learning experience for Gausman for sure, something that I believe can be very helpful to him in the long run.

Not a crazy theory, i was real impressed with how he finished.

[backwardsk]

You know what regardless of result. I freaking love this team for providing real meaningful baseball night in and night out. God bless Buck and the Birds.

Years past I would be knee deep in football training camp news.

[Hank Scorpio]

Difficult to walk?

Impossible to walk!

[Terpsnation]

Britton warming.

[Palmoripken]

Give us some insurance Nelly.