AGRI Biz

Lost in the very oddly played, sometimes head-scratching 20-inning marathon on Saturday between the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals was the starting performance turned in by LHP Jaime Garcia. The Cardinals’ rookie was very good on Saturday. Garcia matched Mets ace Johan Santana pitch for pitch, giving up just one hit (a blooper by Angel Pagan), walking two, and striking out five in seven innings. He now has an 0.69 ERA in two starts (13 IP) this season. Garcia also looks like he is learning quite well from pitching coach Dave Duncan. In his two starts, Garcia has gotten 23 groundball outs. Keep the ball down and pound the strike zone—a philosophy that Duncan has used seemingly for the last 50 years. Garcia’s next start will be against the San Francisco Giants, and h ...

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Article written by Adam Bernacchio