- Shohei goes 0-for-5, but contact quality stayed strong including a 103.7 mph drive
- Gorman's 3-run homer in the bottom 1st put us in an early 3-run hole
- Muncy's double got one back but the momentum never returned — 2-7 loss
Man, today was rough, I'll be honest with you
Away game in St. Louis, I had my beer cracked open ready to go, and then BAM, they jump on us right in the bottom of the first. Nolan Gorman's 3-run bomb — straight into the seats right out of the gate. Our starter got hit way too hard... Already 0-3 and only one inning in, I literally said out loud "Wait, already?!"
Shohei goes 0-for-5 on a frustrating day
Now, about Shohei. Today he went 0-for-5. But honestly, the contact quality wasn't bad at all.
Leading off in the first, his very first AB — 100.7 mph exit velocity, 303 feet, big fly to the outfield. I yelled "WOOO HERE WE GO!"... and then it died. Flyout. Damn it. Third inning he got fooled by a slider and grounded out weakly — that's not Shohei baseball.
Sixth inning, another big drive — 92.4 mph, 340 feet — but it died at the warning track. Then in the 7th, full count, looking strike three on a 98 mph fastball... we had a runner on first, down 2, and I'm yelling "NOOO!" right there in my living room.
Then his last AB in the 9th — this one stings the most. Exit velo 103.7 mph, 40-degree launch angle, 352 feet. Perfect angle, just one more foot and that's gone... flyout to right. The bat's clearly on the ball today, just no luck. Shake it off Shohei, get 'em tomorrow!
And Muncy's homer just made it sting more...
Muncy doubled in the 2nd to get one back, and I'm thinking "Alright, here we go!" But then in the bottom 3rd, Burleson takes one deep too to make it 1-4. Momentum was all theirs at that point...
In the 6th, Tucker's sac fly made it 2-4 — still in striking distance. But then in the bottom 7th, Jordan Walker doubles for the dagger, plus a fielder's choice for another run, and now it's 2-7. Yeah... I finished my beer right there.
Alright, time to flip the page
Only 2 runs across 75 plate appearances is brutal. When the lineup goes cold, it goes cold all together, you know? But hey, Shohei's contact quality was legit. He's gonna break out tomorrow, I'm telling you. 3 of his 5 ABs had 90+ mph exit velo — the bat is coming back, that's the proof.
A loss is a loss. Not gonna dwell on it, gonna cheer the Dodgers on tomorrow. Next one!
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