Well...Either that or he was just pitching against the Mariners and their anemic offense. Regardless, Rich Hill looked amazing last night, and given that he's a left handed pitcher who throws a low-90s fastball, a 12-6 curve and a change, I was pretty impressed he worked the M's to the tune of 7 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits and 7 Ks. This year the M's have held their own against this type of pitcher.
The thing I noticed about Rich Hill watching last night's game and was apparent by the way the M's hitters just looked confused was that he has a very similar throwing motion for both his fastball and his curveball. His release point is nearly identical and because of that you see the M's hitters watch a perfect strike 3 fastball go by or flail aimlessly at a 2 strike curveball in the zone.
This was a frustrating game to watch as the M's wasted another great pitching performance, this time by Jarrod Washburn, and especially on the heels of that Angels series where it looked like the bats might finally come around.
I guess we'll see what happens tonight against David Hernandez with Erik Bedard on the bump for the M's.
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Rich Hill was also throwing in a few side arm breaking balls around 70 mph's which I noticed NO ONE could hit. Not sure why he got pulled in the seventh, because it's not like he was missing the plate or losing any of his stuff, but I guess it worked out in the end for the angels....Fuck.
ReplyDeleteAngels? Rich Hill pitches for the Orioles.
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