pitcher Venezuelan Jesus Luzardo allowed only two shots and ran six shots in 5 1/3 innings for Athletic from Oakland sweep the Minnesota Twins and win the 10th game in a row in the 2021 season MLB, only half of his mentioned series of 20 consecutive victories organized in movie Moneyball.
If there is a movie and a word associated with Athletic from Oakland on MLB It is Moneyball and the current ones As the strongest team in the major leagues in the 2021 campaign reminds us of this, since vForgetting the action after the postponement of the game on Monday, they continued their series of domination sweeping on a double head against the twins with a pair of closures.
A jewel thrown by Sean Manaea in a 7-0 victory in match 1 was followed by a strong exit from Jesus Luzardo in the 1-0 victory in match 2, scoring only the third time in history Oakland that Athletic they had a no-run opponent in both double-head games and the first time since September 9, 1974, when Vida Blue and Catfish Hunter combined to eliminate the Kansas City Royals with two closures.
During that stretch of 10 games, the starting players of the team won one by one Athletic from Oakland They shine 7-0 with a 2.09 ERA in 56 innings.
“I would say we are motivated to see each other. I see that all these boys are doing well and I just said, “Iron sharpens iron.” When he does well, you don’t want to be a weak link. You have to go out and do your job. We all feel the same and have a lot of fun doing it, ”he said. Jesus Luzardo.
Jesus Luzardo has not yet reached the level I expected Athletic from Oakland. Southpaw, 23, is struggling with the inconsistencies that most young pitchers of his caliber face early in his career. But outings like the one he made on Tuesday night are what keep Oakland confident that Luzardo could be on the line for a breakthrough this season.
Luzardo he did a quick job with the twins, allowing just two shots and a six-shot walk in 5 1/3 innings. His electric arm was fully displayed, and his last pitch was 96.7 mph which Ryan Jeffers passed for the third shot.
Many things were different Jesus Luzardo Tuesday and not just with his pitching. After the shortest start of his career, in which he allowed five runs in 2 innings 2/3 against the D-backs last week, Luzardo decided to change things. He took off his contact lenses and returned to wearing glasses on the mound, which he had done in all his appearances before this season, dating back to his minor league days. He also changed his introductory song to “WOW,” by Bryant Myers, the song he used in 2020 before changing a few different songs earlier this season.
“I felt like I was moving away from myself. This is just my thing. Now, I’m back to myself, “he said. Jesus Luzardo.
Line of Jesus Luzardo It can be a beauty when it works for you. Feeling good control against the twins, he made the most of it, throwing 60 percent of his pitches and generating nine fluffs, the most he had on any of his pitches.
The blinding right of Jesus Luzardo, which reached a maximum of 99.1 miles per hour (mph), is just one part of the equation that makes Luzardo so special. It has another quality that cannot be learned: resilience. Luzardo’s return from a tough outing last week was not the first time he has shown this trait. Two of his four starts last season came after heavy starts in which he allowed four runs and six runs.
“He is very talented and very confident. He had to go through some difficult sections. But it seems that when he has a difficult game, he comes back and responds “, said the manager Athletic from Oakland, Bob Melvin.
Jesus Luzardo he even defended himself against a certain external adversity. During the fifth inning with one and one runner, the referees told Luzardo and his colleagues to leave the field after a light tower came out on the top floor of the Colosseum, similar to the problem that occurred on 7 May 2019, when the lights went out before Mike Fiers threw a no-hit game later that night.
Keeping your arm warm by throwing 12 pitches into the bullpen, Jesus Luzardo he overcame a 25-minute delay and withdrew three of his last four strokes, two with shots.
“It simply came to our notice then. It had never happened to me before. I heard it happened in 2019, and Fiers threw a “non-hitter”, so that was a joke. I’m glad I came into the game “, he closed Jesus Luzardo.
With some of the information and image of Martín Gallegos from MLB.with.