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Michael Burrows
Just two starts into the season, it looks like Michael Burrows is picking right back up where he left off going back to 2021.
The former 11th round pick made his second start of the season Friday night against the Richmond Flying Squirrels, throwing four shutout innings while striking out six. He threw 57 pitches, 38 for strikes, and has still yet to allow an extra-base hit in his two outings.
Here’s Michael Burrows getting a strikeout to end the inning. #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/5YKaqINsjS
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 16, 2022
On his way to the six strikeouts, Burrows kept batters off balance with his fastball and curveball, getting several swing and misses with each pitch.
Michael Burrows getting a fly out to center. U can see that great curveball at the beginning of the at bat #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/SrtLfjRiDl
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 16, 2022
You can see him start of this at-bat with a couple of curveballs, getting a called strike on one and the other being barely fouled off.
Omar Cruz
The Curve went with Omar Cruz as a piggyback once again, this time coming in after Burrows was finished with his outing.
While it’s still a longer stint out of the bullpen, there may be something that agrees with Cruz as a reliever. He got roughed up a bit in his first outing, but still struck out four in 2 1/3 innings pitched.
Now in his second outing, the lefty recorded seven strikeouts in four innings against Richmond. He threw 60 pitches, 42 of which were strikes and he came out dealing, striking out the first four batters he faced.
Omar Cruz comes out the bullpen and absolutely mows through the inning. Strikeouts the side pic.twitter.com/jEAz96A0U1
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 16, 2022
Tahnaj Thomas
This is the last out of the night. Tahnaj Thomas came in to close out the game. Marcano makes a nice catch in left field to end it. #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/d8H9F5P60j
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 16, 2022
Adjusting to his new role as a reliever, Tahnaj Thomas made his third appearance of the season Friday night, recording the final three outs of the team’s win.
He did allow a home run, and gave up some very hard hit balls that were caught in the outfield. Also shoutout to Tucupita Marcano for making that catch in the outfield to end the game.
Bonus: Liover Peguero
Here’s Peguero’s second hit of the night. A single past the shortstop. He hit a home run in his previous at bat and went 2-5 on the night #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/DFMdMMeQUB
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 16, 2022
The shortstop went 2-for-5 on the night, with a single and a home run. The two hits came in his final at-bats, as he struggled a little bit to start the game offensively.
Liover Peguero blasted that poor baseball for a 3-run shot. Curve find themselves up 5-0. Our man @__Murphy88 is on the scene tonight. How’d it sound love Big Bear? pic.twitter.com/jXqtGJ7cIV
— Cody Potanko (@2HG013) April 16, 2022
