Texas Rangers top prospect Kumar Rocker struck out seven and allowed one run in four innings against the Seattle Mariners in his MLB debut Thursday night.
top prospect was unfazed and put on a show, albeit brief, in his Major League debut against the Seattle Mariners Thursday night at T-Mobile Park.
He recorded his first-career MLB strikeout against the third batter he faced, Cal Raleigh. Rocker fell behind 2-0 but evened the count with two swinging strikes. On a 3-2 pitch, Raleigh froze on 97.1 mph four-seam fastball down and in. Rocker struck out Randy Arozarena, starting him with two swinging strikes on sinkers before getting him swinging on an 84.9 mph slider.In the second, Rocker had a 1-2-3 inning, getting Jorge Polanco swinging and missing three times on an 85.
After striking out Raley to start the fourth, Justin Turner ripped a full-count 96 mph fastball for a solo homer to tie it at 1-1. Before Turner's homer, the home plate umpire did Rocker no favors by calling the two pitches immediately ahead of the homer balls, but both touched the edge of the zone balls. Rocker wasn't fazed, however. He got a flyout before recording his seventh strikeout against Crawford on an 85.9 mph slider in the dirt to end the inning.
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