Having no problems retiring the side in the first inning with two ground outs and a fly ball to right, Adenhart experienced some real major league turbulence.
After getting Frank Thomas to start out inning number two with a quick groundout, he gave up a single to Emil Brown to right.
Then the wheels came off.
Adenhart walked Jack Cust on four pitches, Bobby Crosby on five to load the bases, threw one ball to Jack Hannahan before uncorking a wild pitch that scored Brown, promptly threw two more balls to load the bases again, walked Mike Sweeney on five to bring in another run, then gave up a single to Kurt Suzuki for two more runs before getting out of the inning.
Ouch. That was tiring for even you and me.
Coming out to redeem himself in the third, he walked Thomas before giving up a single to Brown to quickly end his anticipated debut.
Dang it! Thats not what we were looking for!
Mike Scioscia had already said that he would "probably" make three starts before returning to the minors, but with control problems being his main issue coming in, it looks like much more seasoning is necessary for young Nick Adenhart before they think about bringing him back up after this brief stint.
Oh well, hopefully he still gets those other two starts to make amends.
Maybe, the overwhelming feeling he got tonight was due to the fact that he was turning just four years old when one of the hitters he faced was in his first big league season. Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas of course.
Haha! Sorry, I just loved that stat.
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