Cincinnati Reds rookie Lyon Richardson allowed home runs on his first two Major League pitches in the club\'s 6-3 loss to the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
Richardson, 23, is the first pitcher to allow a home run on each of the first two pitches of his career in the Elias Sports Bureau\'s pitch count era, which dates back to 1999.
CJ Abrams and Lane Thomas combined to hit two fastballs a total of 808 feet.
Richardson rebounded from his rocky start to add two hitless innings, finishing with 4 hits and 4 runs with 3 walks and 2 strikeouts.
\"I didn\'t think I made that bad of a pitch,\" he said. \"I might have missed a little bit more middle than I wanted to. I think he was just ready for a heater and hit it.
\"I don\'t think I\'d redo it. I was just thinking that I had to get myself dialed in and get a few outs here. There is always nerves but I do a pretty good job of managing it. It wasn\'t necessarily the nerves that got the pitches hit. It was me.\"
Via ESPN