He had his moments tonight, but his command was definitely erratic. He threw almost exclusively fastballs. I'm not sure he threw more than one curve for a strike, and the one he did Victorino hit out of the park. The way his velocity fell off towards the end leads me to believe he was riding a lot of nervous energy, then hit a bit of a wall when it ran out.

Chalk it up to first start jitters. He'll figure it out. Most pitchers have to go through this when they first get called up.

Welcome to the bigs, Timmy. This ain't the PCL.
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