“A great example of having a real relentless approach at the plate,” Baldelli said. “Seven different innings you score a run. You don’t see that often. There’s a reason. It’s not easy to do, but you have to do so many things right to score in seven different innings, even one run in seven.”
López, backed with an early lead while pitching in front of an announced sellout crowd of 40,267, gave up two hits and two walks while striking out six. He issued a two-out walk in the first inning, putting two runners on base, then he retired 16 of his final 18 batters.
The Brewers, who totaled three hits, have been shut out in four of their past five games.
“We have such a good thing going from the pitching and the hitting, so I just let that take over me,” said López, who credited catcher Christian Vázquez‘s pitch calling. “It makes it easier when the offense keeps putting a run up almost every inning. It makes my job easier to be in the dugout and be like, ‘We scored, they don’t,’ the mantra and mentality we’ve been having. It’s incredibly fun.”
Ryan Jeffers, who served as the designated hitter, set the tone for the offense when he crushed a high fastball for a solo home run on the game’s third pitch, a 420-foot blast to left field off Brewers starter Tobias Myers.
