San Francisco Giants pitcher Kyle Harrison becomes the second pitcher in Giants history to strike out ten in a second career appearance (@SFGiants photo)
On That’s Amaury News and Commentary:
#1 Some fans at Oracle Park in San Francisco kept saying from the stands to Giants rookie starter Kyle Harrison “who are you?” and he showed them who he was by setting 11 hitters from the first place Cincinnati Reds down. Harrison was all the rage when he made his rookie debut on Aug 22. On Monday night Harrison became the second Giants pitcher to strike ten hitters in his second appearance since Jeff Tesreau since 1912.
#2 Harrison in that MLB debut showed his effectiveness throwing 3.1 innings. and allowed two runs, five hits and five strikeouts. It was the strikeouts that has got a lot of people’s attention.
#3 Amaury, former Cleveland Guardians manager Pat Corrales who managed Texas, Cleveland and Philadelphia passed away at age 82 over the weekend. Corrales worked as a special assistant to the general manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers until 2012 in his final job in baseball. Is Pat Corrales in the Hispanic Heritage Hall of Fame Musuem?
#4 It was tribute night for former New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer who returned to the Big Apple with the Texas Rangers. The Mets had a video scoreboard tribute for Scherzer but he was booed roundly when they showed him in the Rangers dugout for a live shot.
#5 The Oakland A’s got to Seattle and were routed by the Seattle Mariners. For the M’s the big hits, in the bottom of the first JP Crawford belted a 394 foot home run and in the bottom of the fourth inning Julio Rodriguez slugged a 420 foot home run putting the M’s in front 6-0 and out of reach in a 7-0 loss on Monday night. This was the seventh loss out of 11 games for Oakland.
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary for http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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