Arizona Diamondbacks Right-handers Zac Gallen have something in common Colorado Rockies Lefty Kyle Freeland heads to Tuesday night’s game in Phoenix
Both pitchers have bounced back from rare poor starts in recent games to give their teams a chance to win.
Freeland (4-5, 3.86 ERA) limited the Miami Marlins to two runs and seven hits in five innings Thursday as Colorado won 7-6, though Freeland didn’t get a decision.
Freeland had gone just two innings against the Texas Rangers five days earlier, in an 11-5 loss with eight runs (five runs) and nine hits.
“After a bad game, you always want to bounce back as much as possible,” Freeland said. “In those five days between games, you’re eager to come back just because you want the ball. You want to prove yourself and everybody wrong, prove that you can bounce back well and give your team the win. “
Freeland has made 18 starts rattlesnake For his career, he’s 3-7 with a 5.34 ERA
Gallen (6-2, 2.97) pitched well enough to beat the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, but didn’t get any help from the bullpen, while rattlesnake Lost 6-5 in 10 games
Galen allowed two runs and five hits for the Phillies in 5 2/3 innings. After leading 5-0 going into the sixth, he walked away with two hits and two outs. Two hitters later, the Phillies cut it to 5-3.
Gallen was still on track for victory when Philadelphia hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth to tie the game at 5-5 and win the game by an inning.
“As a starter, I have to go further in the game and slam the door,” Gallen said.
Gallen also said the team needs to do a better job of maintaining the lead.
“Only things that are done by really good teams tend to be successful,” Galen said. “When you take a team down, you have to put them away.”
In his first five days against the Phillies, Gallen allowed eight runs (five) and eight hits in a 13-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 3 2/3 innings.
Gallen wasn’t as sharp in May (2-1, 4.03) as he was in April (4-0, 1.09), when he went four straight games without a run and pitched at least 6 1/3 innings.
galen is fighting the Rocky Mountains In his career, started 12-5-1 with a 2.66 ERA
Arizona should have a new bullpen after Dre Jameson went 7-5 in Monday’s series opener with 3 2/3 scoreless innings.
Andrew Chafin’s eighth save ended up being out, allowing just six pitches.
“He took a lot of pressure off the bullpen,” rattlesnake Manager Torey Lovullo spoke of Jameson, who was recalled Saturday after a month at Triple-A Reno. “We’re looking for more of these types of outings from our players and we’re getting them.
–Field-level media