The Boston Red Sox are regaining consistent outings from their starting pitching midway through the season and they now have a legitimate No. 2 arm in the rotation behind their ace Garrett Crochet with Lucas Giolito.
Giolito has been nothing short of impressive in his recent games. In his last outing, on the Fourth of July, in Washington, Giolito went 7 ⅔ innings, only allowing one earned run and seven strikeouts on 108 total pitches, with 75 of them being called for strikes.
It was the longest outing of the season for Giolito, who is now up to only three earned runs over his last 33 innings pitched. In his last five starts, Giolito has completed six innings of work three times and went seven innings in his last two games. He has a 0.83 ERA in this span.
After the game, Giolito spoke with NESN’s Jahmai Webster on what’s been working well for him in his recent outings, while also giving credit to his catcher for calling a great game.
“Just staying on the same game plan we’ve had. Narvi [Carlos Narváez] was fantastic as always, I didn’t shake him one time. We were just on the attack. We got an early lead and then it became a very big lead. Just attack the zone. Use the fastball and let everything work off of it.”
Giolito has really turned his season around and the Red Sox are benefiting from it. Since the beginning of June, Giolito has lowered his ERA from 6.42 to 3.66 and has 31 strikeouts over his last 32 ⅔ innings of work.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora credits the pitching staff for contributing to Giolito’s mid-season turnaround.
“The adjustments the bullpen [pitching staff] made, they found a few things that resonated with him and made sense and now when he goes through his outing and if he feels off, he knows what he needs to adjust and he knows what the adjustment is. He’s been good for us.”
In his latest outing against Washington, Giolito was in total command. He finished with 108 pitches, but he didn’t throw more than 17 in an inning, which allowed him to continue deep in the game.
#RedSox Lucas Giolito’s work today in Washington:
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Giolito is coming to form at exactly the right time for the Red Sox. It’s going to be hard for him to sustain a sub-1.00 ERA, but he should be able to continue putting together quality outings, solidifying himself as Boston’s No. 2 arm in the rotation.