Riaan I-Dodgers uthembise umbutho wentsha kule sizini.
Kuleli sonto e-Atlanta, ithatha indawo emaphakathi.
Ngemuva kokulimala ku Dustin May (i-forearm strain) kanye Julio Urías (i-hamstring strain), ama-Dodgers ahlela ukuqala amathemba aphezulu Gavin Stone futhi Bobby Miller ngokumelene amaBraves ngoMsombuluko nangoLwesibili, ngokulandelana.
Umphathi u-Dave Roberts ukuqinisekisile ukuthi uStone uzovula umdlalo wokuqala wochungechunge, okuzobe kungokokuqala iligi enkulu kule sizini ngokukhetha okusalungiswa komzuliswano wesihlanu.
UMiller, owake waba ngumzuliswano wokuqala futhi owayekleliswe endaweni ka-No. 2 ohlelweni lwepulazi leqembu yi-MLB Pipeline, kulindeleke ukuthi enze umdlalo wakhe wokuqala we-MLB ngoLwesibili, ngokusho kwabantu abanolwazi ngalesi simo abangagunyaziwe ukukhuluma esidlangalaleni.
“Yithuba elihle kulaba bagadli abancane,” kusho uRoberts, yize engakwazi ukumemezela ngokusemthethweni umdlalo kaMiller. “Bobabili banekhono. Akukona ebesikulindele. Kodwa lokho akunandaba ngempela. Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuyibuka ukuthi, kumele ulamukele leli thuba kulaba bafana.”
U-Stone wenze umdlalo wakhe wokuqala we-MLB ngoMeyi 3, wanikela ngama-run amahlanu (atholwe kane) kuma-innings amane ebhekene nePhiladelphia Phillies.
Kuma-triple-A akhe amabili aqalayo kusukela lapho, ushiye ama-run amabili kuphela kuma-innings angu-11 esewonke, amaligi akhe amabili angcono kakhulu aqala unyaka.
Lapho ebuyela kuma-majors kulokhu, uzothola okungenani ama-starts amathathu – futhi okungenzeka abe ngaphezulu – njengokungena esikhundleni sikaMeyi, okulindeleke ukuthi aphuthelwe amasonto amahlanu kuya kwayisikhombisa ngobunzima bakhe be-flexor pronator.
“Ukungaziwa kwe [the big leagues], ubusha bakho, usekwenzile lokho,” kusho uRoberts, ezwakalisa ukuzethemba ukuthi uStone uzobukeka ebukhali ku-MLB encore yakhe. “Futhi, ngicabanga ukuthi uphonsa i-baseball kangcono ngokujwayelekile. Ukushintsha kungcono. Umyalo we-fastball ungcono. Ngakho ngicabanga ukuthi okwesibili, uzokhululeka kakhulu kunakuqala.”
UMiller wethula okuningi okungaziwa.
U-Dodgers pitcher u-Bobby Miller uphonsa ipuleti phakathi ne-inning yokuqala yomdlalo wokuqeqeshwa wasentwasahlobo odlule ngo-Ephreli odlule e-Dodger Stadium.
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Umdlali osebenzisa isandla sokudla oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala unconywe ngokuba nezinto ezihamba phambili zanoma iyiphi i-Dodgers i-pitcher yeligi encane, ehlanganisa ibhola elisheshayo elinezinhlamvu ezintathu nesilayidi, isinki, i-changeup kanye ne-curveball.
Kodwa-ke, uye wazabalaza nomyalo ongaguquki kwesinye isikhathi emsebenzini wakhe wobungcweti, futhi le ntwasahlobo yabhekana nokungakhululeki ehlombe okubambezele ukuqala kwesizini yakhe ye-triple-A ngenyanga.
Uma esebuyele empilweni egcwele, u-Miller akazange aphumelele emidlalweni yakhe yokuqala emithathu yeligi encane eqala kulo nyaka, wayeka ama-run angu-12 (ayisishiyagalombili ayizuzile) kuma-innings angu-8 ⅓. Uphinde waphindela emuva ngesonto eledlule ku-gem yama-inning ayisithupha, ama-run eyodwa, ayisithupha akhanyise ikhono lakhe.
“Ngokuhlakanipha, kunethalente eliningi,” kusho u-Roberts ngoMiller, izinhlelo zakhe zokuqala ngaphandle kukaLwesibili ezingakacaci futhi zingancika ekutheni u-Urías ukulungele yini ukubuyela emsebenzini njengoba bekulindelekile uma sekuphele izinsuku eziyi-15 ze-IL.
Khonamanjalo, bobabili abagadli bazobe bebhekene nomsebenzi onzima uma bebhekene namaBraves kuleli sonto.
Hhayi nje kuphela ukuthi bazobhekana nekilabhu yokuqala enamacala angcono kakhulu, kodwa bazobe bekwenza endaweni enobutha ngenkathi beqhathaniswa nabagadli ababili abahamba phambili e-Atlanta – umakadebona uCharlie Morton ngoMsombuluko kanye nokushaywa kweligi enkulu. umholi uSpencer Strider ngoLwesibili.
“Impela mhlawumbe kukhona lapho kuhlala khona okuthambile [spots for young pitchers],” kuvuma uRoberts. “Kodwa isivivinyo esihle … Yindawo ekahle. Kuzoba mnandi kakhulu.”
