Blake Snell, making his Giants debut, allowed three runs and three hits with five strikeouts and a pair of walks in three innings Monday night against the Nationals. He said following the 8-1 loss that he 'was trying to nitpick the zone too much.'
No spring training with his new team to work out the kinks. Finally facing major league hitters for the first time in April. He couldn't wait to get back out there."Honestly, it was just weird. I'm facing big league hitters, I was aware of that," Snell said."I was being more careful than I usually would. Usually, I would just throw it over the plate., agreed to a two-year, $62 million contract on March 18.
"There's a lot going through my head right now, but I would just say I was pretty amped up, and I was trying to nitpick the zone too much," Snell said."I made the bullpen have to cover a lot of innings that they shouldn't have had to cover."Blake Snell, making his Giants debut, allowed three runs and three hits with five strikeouts and a pair of walks in three innings Monday night against the Nationals.
"When we signed him it was a big deal," said manager Bob Melvin, Snell's skipper last year with the Padres."It really kind of energized our clubhouse at spring training. Now the buildup, not ideal, and it's not perfect but it is what it is. But I think in general yes everybody's excited about having him."
Snell had been 2-0 with a 2.33 ERA and 36 strikeouts over five previous starts against the Nationals, who follow this three-game set with a weekend interleague series across the bay in
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