Andrew Heaney built on a road trip filled with strong starting pitching from the Texas Rangers. Nathan Eovaldi and Jon Gray each tossed two gems while Jacob...
See, as Heaney described it, the way in which he drags his left foot on the mound when releasing a pitch can create some friction between the ground and his laces — especially when the mound is a little dry or rough. And sometimes, he said, it can cause the laces to rip apart.“Shoelaces just kind of ripped,” Heaney said. “The laces broken, nothing I can kind of do about it.
So there was the 31-year-old left hander, on a pitching mound in front of 7,793 fans, untying, tying, lacing and re-lacing his cleats with a few coaches and team staffers there to assist.He responded with his ninth strikeout of the day, a fly out and a groundout to end the inning.Heaney, in an 11-3 win over the Athletics, pitched six innings, gave up one earned run on four hits and two walks, and struck out nine batters.
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