This Blogservations will have nothing but love for Ricky Nolasco, so expect a lot of charts. Let’s dive right on in.
Ricky Nolasco dominates the Braves, strikes out 16
Last night, Ricky set a club record for strikeouts in a regular season game with 16, including a spectacular nine strikeouts in a row from the third through the fifth inning. He also only walked two Braves during the start, going seven and two-thirds innings. R.J. Anderson over at FanGraphs mentions that Nolasco is one of six pitchers to have struck out 16 with only 29 batters faced. If I had been listening in the whole time (I tuned in around the fifth inning, after the streak broke), it would have surpassed Josh Johnson’s start versus Colorado as the most dominant start that I’d ever been a part of. It was certainly the most dominant performance by a Marlin this season.
More Pitch f/x analysis of Nolasco’s start over at Marlin Maniac.
