Luke Hochevar's final line was not pretty in a one-sided loss in Oakland, but he threw better than the numbers would indicate. In shutting out Oakland in the first three innings, he used a variety of pitches in different counts and had the Athletics off-balance. He got a couple of ground balls and a weak fly ball in the first, whiffed Chris Denorfia on a sinking fastball in the second, froze Rob Bowen with a 93 mph fastball for strike three to end the second right after setting that pitch up with a changeup.
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Luke pitched better than the line indicates,
he just got burned on off speed stuff up in the zone. I hope he bounces back, I ‘d rather see him the rotation than Bale.
by lordbyronk on Apr 21, 2008 10:51 AM EDT 0 recs
If He'd Gotten
Denorfia out instead of surrendering that weak roller to CF he might have gone 7 innings with no runs allowed.
Let's go, boys, to the toppermost of the poppermost!
by philofthenorth on Apr 21, 2008 2:43 PM EDT 0 recs
His command
Really looked off. I thought he was overthrowing a lot in the first two innings. He didn’t look the same as he did last September.
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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 22, 2008 10:41 AM EDT 0 recs










