Brewers Stumble Twice in Shocking Split-Squad Showdown – What Went Wrong? – Page 3

Today wasn’t a great outing for Harrison, a guy trying to make an impression on the folks who make the roster decisions; his fastball sat 92-93 (down a little bit from usual) and while he was still missing bats (10 whiffs, three strikeouts) he gave up four hits and four runs in his outing, though only one of those runs was earned—three of them came when Jeimer Candelario popped a three-run homer immediately following a two-out fielding error by Luis Rengifo. I would assume the blister that forced him from the game early will not be a lingering issue.

The rest of the Brewer pitching staff fared better against the Angels. After Jesús Broca finished the third, Garrett Stallings was fortunate to not allow more runs in the fourth: Denzer Guzman and Randy De Jesus led off the inning with a double and single, respectively, but Guzman was retired on a fielder’s choice, Candelario struck out, and with two outs De Jesus was gunned down at home by Garrett Mitchell after a Donovan Walton single. So Stallings allowed three hits in the inning but no runs.

As for offensive notables in the Angels game, Jake Bauers was 2-for-4 with a double and his fourth spring homer (110 mph and 432 feet, no cheapie), Luis Rengifo was 1-for-3 with a solo homer (his second), and Andrew Vaughn was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Against Seattle, Tyler Black, Blake Perkins, Cooper Pratt, and Marco Dinges all had multiple hits; Black had a two-RBI triple and a sac fly, giving him three RBI on the day. Dinges had the team’s only other extra-base hit, a double.

The other “headliner” pitchers in this game performed quite well. Aaron Ashby pitched two hitless innings, allowing only a walk while striking out two. His spring training ERA is down to 1.35, and his fastball reached 97.7 mph in this one. DL Hall also threw two scoreless innings; he allowed a two-out double in his second inning, but retired the side on the next batter. Hall struck out three, didn’t walk anyone, and his fastball topped out at an encouraging 95.1 mph, though most of his fastballs were in the 93-94 range. Brian Fitzpatrick finished things off by striking out the side in the ninth after the leadoff hitter reached on an error.