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July 3, 2013 (Greeneville Astros vs. Kingsport Mets, Rookie League)
You're not in high school anymore, kid!
That became apparent in the first inning of my first professional start. I got two outs on my first two pitches, and I was thinking, "This can't be THAT easy." I was right. A double and three singles later, I was trailing 2-0 and wondering what the heck happened!
The second inning didn't start much better. The first two guys hit line drives for singles. The first time through the lineup, I'd given up six hits. But I struck out the next two guys and got a popup to end the second, and started feeling a lot better.
Over my final 19 hitters faced, I only gave up one hit, one walk and one hit batter (my final pitch of the game). Overall, I allowed two runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings, striking out four. After the way I started, I'll take it! My sinker was easily my best pitch today. My curve stunk and I need to work on it in the bullpen before my next start. My change was OK and I threw it for a lot of strikes early in counts. Didn't throw too many sliders and that's probably going to be a pitch I throw very rarely until I can work on it some more this winter.
We lost 6-5 in 15 innings. It was an exciting final two hours, but I'm whipped and need sleep.
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