The end ruined another impressive exit from the opening of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Trevor Bauer. He retired the first five batters he faced from the Oakland Athletics with a steady dose of straight cuts, sliders and straights, before handing a single to Seth Brown and giving a passport to the next hitter, Stephen Piscotty, with two outs in the second. The right-handed demonstrator struck out all three in the third and came out of the mound proud.
Bauer did not have his best dominance and command, but he was still and looked safe. He allowed 6.2 innings, two runs with just three hits, one base for balls and a strikeout at 10 at the start of 110 pitches, his second consecutive opening with 10 strikeouts. Bauer said:
They came out with a game plan against me. It was a bit like a game of chess, coming and going with the adjustments they made. They made some adjustments for me and I made some adjustments. I have a lot of respect for the guys in this lineup. “
His first spot came in the fourth after he hit Dominican Ramon Laureano with a curved ball at 76.6 mph, which he didn’t break, to start the entry. Laureano stole second and third base, then went home on an uncontrolled throw to tie the game at 1.
In the seventh, Oakland third baseman Matt Chapman reduced Los Angeles ’lead to a 3-2 run with a lone homer against Bauer. It was a booming bat on a fast 3-1 ball that was punched at 108.9 mph from the bat and traveled well through the stands between center and left gardens at 426 feet projected, according to Statcast, providing a reminder of the power of the star that the antesalista owns when it is in his better moment.
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Right-handed Bauer responded by throwing a 97 mph fast ball, his highest speed in the game, on his 101st throw of the game to punch the next hitter. Bauer struck out Elvis Andrus, the last hitter he faced, on a 96 mph straight, and was relieved by Corey Knebel after 6 2/3 job innings. Chris Taylor said of Bauer:
I thought it was excellent. It’s been amazing, especially in the early parts of the game, and today has been great to see him increase his pitch count. It looked like things were getting better as the game progressed. “
Oakland was at risk of falling to a 0-7 streak, which it has never had in franchise history. However, he equalized the board in the ninth chapter against Kenley Jansen. Matt Chapman scored thanks to a high sacrifice by Venezuelan Elvis Andrus, to make the extra tickets necessary.