The young left-hander matched his career high in the Nationals’ 3-1 victory.
OAKLAND, Calif. — The pitch clock was winding down, but MacKenzie Gore didn’t seem fazed. The Washington Nationals left-hander had struck out the previous four hitters, after all, so why stress? The Oakland Athletics’ Abraham Toro already had two hits entering this fifth-inning at-bat, sure, but Gore was one pitch away from tying his career high in strikeouts.
in 2022. He showed flashes of brilliance a season ago, his first full year in the majors. With another year under his belt, the 25-year-old and the Nationals hope outings such as Saturday’s come around more often than they did in 2023. could help him break out this year — and it certainly could. But his fastball stole the show Saturday. His fastball is averaging 97.1 mph, up from 95 a year ago. That makes the pitch even harder to hit.So the game plan for Gore was simple Saturday: Throw the fastball and see whether the Athletics , who entered without a player hitting better than .240, could handle it. For the most part, they couldn’t.
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