Daily News | Andrew Painter’s confidence on display in his highly anticipated Phillies spring debut
Making his Grapefruit League debut Wednesday in the’ most highly anticipated spring-training game in years, with an opportunity to take the earliest of leads in a competition for a rotation spot, Painter broke out a cutter that he only began toying with this winter. He recorded a strikeout on the pitch — against veteran Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler, no less — in the first of two innings at Hammond Stadium.
For posterity, Painter took the mound at 1:17 p.m. His first pitch to Twins leadoff man Joey Gallo clocked in at 98 mph and came in high and well out of the strike zone. He gave up the one run on three hits, including an infield single by Twins star Carlos Correa.
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