#rookie-pitcher

#rookie-pitcher

He has now started 11 games since July, and he has been consistently performing above expectation. Lord has only had 3 of those games mark 4+ earned runs, and 5 games of 3+ earned runs. Though recording zero shutouts, Lord did have four starts of 1 earned run, or less. He also went 5+ innings in seven of his eleven starts in that time. These are all great, consistent numbers.

"I'm taking starters out of the game, trying to get this game over with and get this kid a couple innings," Roberts said following the rivalry game in June. "And so that's why, I felt, I took that personal. Because I understand the game, and I understand that it doesn't feel good to get hit."

Jacob Misiorowski was placed on the injured list with a left tibia contusion, following an injury sustained from a line drive in his last start.

Roupp's inexperience was evident when his second pitch to Ohtani was a fastball down the middle, a critical mistake, leading to a home run and setting the tone for the game.