Soriano takes a shutout into the eighth, facing the minimum 21 hitters through the first seven innings in an 8-3 win. The 25-year-old converted reliever has a 3.48 ERA after 12 starts.
Angels starting pitcher José Soriano throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night in Phoenix. PHOENIX — Typically, any pitcher who can throw 101 mph is going to pile up strikeouts, which can be a blessing and a curse, because of the way they crank up a pitch count.
“He throws 98, 99, 100 miles an hour, and if you get an opportunity to see the movement on his sinker, you see why ,” manager Ron Washington said. “They swing at it in one spot. By the time they hit it, it went down to another spot. That’s why he gets the ground balls. He had his knuckle curveball working tonight. He had his split working. He was just on his game tonight.”
“Basically everything was working well,” Soriano said through an interpreter. “I was trying to minimize pitches for every batter.”“Their starting pitcher was pretty good,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. “You’ve got to maybe sometimes, every once in a while, tip your cap to that type of performance.”
Soriano lost his bid for a shutout when he allowed a solo homer to lead off the eighth, but he then struck out three of the next four batters to get out of the inning. Soriano has made good on the Angels decision to move him from the bullpen, producing a 3.48 ERA in 72⅓ innings.
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