Payton Tolle’s second career Major League outing wasn’t as exciting as his first. The Boston Red Sox starter pitched three innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks and allowed five runs in the process. He struck out two while walking four. He took his first career loss as Arizona won 10-5.

There were a few issues for Tolle on Friday. First pitch strikes were one of them. The lefty faced 17 hitters and fell behind nine of them 1-0. That’s a stark contrast from his debut, in which he threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of 21 batters.

That issue surfaced because the Diamondbacks were able to hit Tolle’s fastball. In the first inning, Tolle threw 62% fastballs. Arizona was ready for them, fouling off several and battling through long at-bats. Tolle responded by turning to his secondary pitches

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