Welcome to the Big Leagues, Kid; Davis and Machado
We all know by now that the Baltimore Orioles got killed by the Washington Nationals last night, 9-3.
After a lengthy rain delay, the game featured two starters that were in
Double-A only about two weeks ago. One guy – Kevin Gausman – was making
his second start in the majors for Baltimore; meanwhile, Nathan Karn
for Washington was making his major league debut.
The game itself was not pretty to watch, as you got the feeling, “ok,
at any point, no lead is safe”, based on what both teams were doing at
the plate in the first half; however, for Gausman, the results were not
good at all.
The 22-year-old only lasted four innings and gave up seven runs – all
earned. He allowed three long balls and is now 0-2 with an 11.00 ERA in
two starts.
The youngster left his pitches up in the zone. They were fastballs and were crushed by major league hitters. Gausman may get away with those pitches in the minors, but not in the majors, nor against a team that was christened as World Series bound in the spring.
At this point, most front offices would send a pitcher like Gausman back to the minors. However, that will not be the case as manager Buck Showalter announced he would make his next start on Sunday.
Um, against the out-of-this-word Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers.
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