Joe pitched 3 innings in relief vs the Dodgers last night. 1 H, 1 ER, 3 SO, 5 BB. Also threw a WP. Hopefully his lack of command was due to the rust of not pitching in a week.
He also hit 2 batters to go with the 5 walks. Pretty wild to have 7 free passes and escape with just 1 run allowed. Left them loaded in his first inning.
Then his 2nd inning of work was a doosy. First batter = Shohei Ohtani. I would've walked him too. Then he walked Pages, got future HOF Freddie Freeman to fly out, then future HOF Mookie Betts to strike out. Walked 12 year veteran Max Muncy, walked 60 mil per year salary Kyle Tucker (with bases loaded), then struck out Alex Call to escape with just 1 run scored.
I know these things happen all the time, but it hits hard when it is one of our Bobcats just the immense surreal pressure to be thrown into and facing guys you grew up watching.
Credit the White Sox for sending him back out for a 3rd inning after that stress, and Joe showed a lot having a clean inning including getting Ohtani out.