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– Before his return to the majors, Robert Stephenson said he has accepted that walks were part of his game.
I think the biggest thing for me is it s part of my game, he said. I realize I walk people and obviously want to cut that. But I m not going to change anything just to avoid walking people. I don t want to give good pitches up, just so I don t walk anybody.
Stephenson walked five Wednesday on his way to a 8 0 loss to the New York Mets on a steamy day before a crowd of 24,287 at Citi Field. Two of the walks were intentional, but walks unquestionably ruined his outing.
Reds manager Jim Riggleman gave a wry smile when the Stephenson quote was mentioned.
He s a very strong kid, Riggleman said. Physically, he feels like he could throw a lot of pitches, walk people and still get people out, battle through it. The only person I ve ever been around that I saw successfully do that is Hideo Nomo. He d walk two guys to get to the one he want to get out. He could throw 150 pitches.
Stephenson probably doesn t mean that literally. He just means I can pitch out of trouble.
Riggleman was more concerned with the number of off speed pitches Stephenson threw.
We ve got to get him better with his fastball, Riggleman said. He s got a good arm. He s got to get more confident that he can locate his fastball, so he s not throwing as many off speed pitches.
More Cincinnati Reds manager Jim Riggleman will get his message to players loudly when needed
The Reds ended the nine game, three city road trip 2 7. The end was ugly Reds pitchers walked a total of 11, and outfielder Phillip Ervin made the final out of the game.
The Reds are off Thursday and then open a nine game, 10 day homestand against Arizona.
I love being at home Blake Wood Jersey, that’s for sure, Riggleman said. But you’re going to play the same amount home and away. You’ve got to win ballgames on the road and we did not have a good road trip. Going home doesn’t solve your problems. You’ve got to play well when you get home.”
Stephenson, the 25 year old right hander http://www.redsfanaticsjersey.com/tucker-barnhart-jersey-c-14.html, went four innings and allowed three runs on three hits. He struck out four.
Stephenson worked a 1 2 3 first. He walked Michael Comforto to start to start the second. Two outs later, Austin Jackson doubled to get Comforto in.
Stephenson worked an easy third.
But he walked Jose Bautista to start the fourth. Brandon Nimmo followed with a double. After Stephenson struck out Austin Jackson, the Reds intentionally walked Devin Mesoraco.
The lowlight of Stephenson s outing followed He walked pitcher Jacob deGrom on four straight pitches – all breaking balls, none close to the zone. That made it 2 0.
For me, my slider is my easiest pitch to throw for strikes, Stephenson said. I wanted to throw whatever I could for a strike. That at bat I wasn t able to throw any for a strike
Amed Rosario followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 3 0.
That was it for Stephenson.
deGrom came in with a 1.85 ERA, so things didn t look good for the Reds. They looked a whole lot worse when Michael Lorenzen gave up two runs in the sixth. deGrom ended up going six shutout innings. He allowed four hits, walked one and struck out 10.
Stephenson, the Reds first round pick in the 2011 draft, was 11 6 with a 2.87 ERA overall at Triple A Louisville. He threw 113 innings http://www.redsfanaticsjersey.com/jordan-pacheco-jersey-c-16.html, allowed 74 hits, 57 walks and struck out 133.
That walk rate – 4.54 per nine innings would be the fourth worst in Major League Baseball.
The bottom line is I didn t throw enough strikes today http://www.redsfanaticsjersey.com/ramon-cabrera-jersey-c-15.html, Stephenson said. Going forward, I have to be better about that. |
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