Get some runs you slugs!
That's 2 scoreless innings. I'll keep rubbing this in at least until the Astros have a big inning--if they do. Why? Because I am the only freaking person on this thread who expressed any confidence whatsoever in Fister.
By the way, in case no one noticed--and clearly no one else has--Morton so far has shown nasty stuff and very good command of his pitches.
Morton routinely does what few--Fister may be the exception--of our starters or relievers do. He keeps the ball low in the zone--not all the time, but a lot of the time. That plus the 97 mph fast ball plus the curve plus that nasty splitter (better than a slider or changeup) makes Morton pretty tough. So far, anyway.
Bad pitch on the 2-0 count by Fister--a fastball slightly up in the zone which the hitter was clearly looking for.
Ain't that something? A Sox starter besides Sale who can actually field his position. Shocking.
Good throw by Betts gets that guy going home. When is the lineup going to show they came to play? Is this how they plan to be in the postseason? Hitless and not so good supporting the pitcher?
Wrong. It's the only pitching--by a starter--we have seen in the last five days including this one.
This guy is a pitcher, not a thrower. The other guys--sadly, including Sale--are more throwers than pitchers. And choke artists (not Sale).
Has anyone else besides me also noticed that Fister is conscientious about holding runners on 1b? No other starter does that as well.