Sheehan goes 6 no-hit innings in debut, but bullpen strikes again

LOS ANGELES — Less than per week in the past, Emmet Sheehan came upon he was being promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City. What he didn’t know, nonetheless, was that his subsequent begin would come at Dodger Stadium. 

Because of the Dodgers’ present beginning pitching issues, the group determined to take an opportunity on Sheehan, a 23-year-old right-hander who was making fairly the leap from Double-A Tulsa to the Majors. 

Sheehan, nonetheless, seized each little bit of the chance, placing out three over six hitless innings within the Dodgers’ 7-5 loss in 11 innings to the Giants on Friday evening at Dodger Stadium. Sheehan grew to become simply the third pitcher in MLB historical past to not permit a success over a minimum of six innings in his large league debut.

Pulling a pitcher with a no-hitter is one thing supervisor Dave Roberts has needed to do prior to now. In 2016, Ross Stripling, additionally in his Major League debut, tossed 7 1/3 hitless innings earlier than getting pulled. 

In Sheehan’s state of affairs, the teen was already at 89 pitches. They have been additionally high-stress pitches on condition that he fell behind in some counts and labored his means again in virtually all of them. At this level in his profession, the Dodgers didn’t wish to push Sheehan, particularly since it might’ve required much more pitches to get by way of three further innings.