Lateral Quicks wrote:That's what I was afraid of... our young, swing-for-Mars-on-every-pitch hitters being overwhelmed by a good pitcher.
Manoah wasn't sharp, but he kept us in the game. The offense simply needs to be better.
To be fair, Castillo probably pitched one of the best games of his career. 72% of his pitches were strikes and he was pounding the fastball on the corners at 98-100 with movement all game long while dropping an occasional breaking ball at the feet that got a lot of hitters out in front. Any team in the majors would have struggled against a pitcher with Castillo's stuff clicking at 100% as it was tonight.