Brown (10 K’s) reaches another career high vs. A’s

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Published 27.05.2023
Brown (10 K’s) reaches another career high vs. A’s
Hunter Brown tallies 10 strikeouts in Astros win over A’s

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OAKLAND — As the Astros embark on a stretch of 17 video games in 17 days, they’re going to want all fingers on deck to step up and preserve the vitality excessive with no break day.

Hunter Brown did simply that as Houston opened a three-game collection in Oakland on Friday, setting the tone by punching out 10 A’s batters en path to a 5-2 Astros win. He matched the longest outing of his profession by tossing seven sturdy innings and recorded his first double-digit strikeout recreation within the massive leagues.

Personal accomplishments apart, Brown was extra happy with serving to his crew proper the ship after a troublesome collection in Milwaukee, which ended with back-to-back shutout losses.

“I just like the ‘W’ in the win column, honestly,” Brown mentioned. “Punch out zero but you throw nine [innings] — some people would probably say that’s a better outing. … It’s cool, but it’s not like you should be striving to do that. You should just want to eat up innings as a starter and put your team in a position to win.”

Facing the A’s for the second time in as many begins, Brown continued to roll in his first profession look on the Coliseum. The Astros rookie obtained a tough-luck no-decision in his earlier outing, permitting two runs (one earned) on 5 hits over six innings whereas putting out 9 A’s batters final Saturday.

This time round, Brown locked down a win for each himself and his crew by going seven innings for the fourth time this season, along with his solely blemish approaching Seth Brown’s two-run homer in his ultimate body of labor. Punchouts apart, Brown obtained 15 whiffs from A’s batters, together with 10 on his curveball.

“He was sharp with his fastball,” Astros supervisor Dusty Baker mentioned. “Real good curveball and a good slider. But it was set up by his fastball command.”

Brown pounded the zone on Friday, throwing 61 of his 88 pitches for strikes. He walked just one batter, issuing a free go to Oakland’s Nick Allen with one out within the sixth inning.

Entering the day, Brown’s stroll charge sat at 8.1 p.c, a tick decrease than league common (8.4). Since issuing a career-high 5 free passes in opposition to the Giants on May 2, Brown has allowed one stroll or fewer in every of his final 4 begins.

“For young pitchers, the consistency is usually the problem, but he’s getting very consistent in his delivery and his mindset,” Baker mentioned. “You can tell he’s a very determined young man, and he threw a great game. So just build off of that, and then hopefully just keep going and keep going.”

Prior to strolling Allen, Brown had retired 16 straight, maintaining site visitors off the bases after permitting a leadoff single to Esteury Ruiz within the first inning.

“He’s got electric stuff,” mentioned backstop Martín Maldonado, who has caught every of Brown’s final three begins. “He does everything he can do to just go out there every five days and make pitches.”

Brown was backed by an early outburst from the Astros’ lineup, which had been held scoreless for 19 consecutive innings after the collection in Milwaukee.

Houston did not waste time getting on the board on Friday, ending its drought within the second inning after which placing up a four-spot within the third. Jose Altuve obtained a pair of knocks in his return to the lineup, whereas Corey Julks matched his profession excessive by driving in three runs.

That five-run cushion ended up being key as Brown began to lose some steam by the tip of his night, with three of Oakland’s 4 hits off him coming within the seventh inning. He later mentioned that he must preserve his pitch execution constant all through his outing, one thing that may include massive league repetitions.

“It’s still a learning process for me,” Brown mentioned. “I’m still trying to just get better every time out. Sometimes it’s a little bit less of a challenge than others … but as a whole, I’m just trying to build off each outing.”