All eyes were on Garrett Crochet in this outing after a lot of talk of fatigue in recent days for the pitcher who now leads all of baseball in innings pitched with 185 1/3. Crochet responded by dominating with all four of his pitches (Four Seam, Cutter, Sinker, Sweeper) and even a few changeups, allowing three hits, walking none, and striking out ten batters over seven innings, for his 15th victory of the season. After limited whiffs on the four-seam in the previous outing, Crochet got 42% Whiffs on that pitch tonight.

The broadcast referenced Crochet’s dominance on 5+ days rest, compared to four, which he had made each of his previous two starts on.

Crochet will pitch three more times this season, and it can be done on five days’ rest without manipulating the rotation at all, since the

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