After a bullpen game on Monday in which the Boston Red Sox used five pitchers to beat the Baltimore Orioles, the Red Sox were in need of a lengthy start from Lucas Giolito. The righty delivered, firing eight innings of shutout baseball.

Giolito’s command was impeccable. He filled up the zone with his fastball for a 70% strike rate. He also hit the inside edge against left-handed hitters with his four-seam consistently. His changeup returned 18% swinging strikes as it stayed low and on the arm side, while his slider was on the glove side for a 14% swinging strike rate.

“[Fastball command] was a focus all week,” Giolito said. “Getting the fastball, working it up in the zone, getting it into the lefties again, I’ve been kind of straying away from that. We were able to do that for the most p

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