Nick Pivetta launches a full game to beat the Reds

PHILADELPHIA – Nick Pivetta has undoubtedly followed the best start of his career Sunday at Dodger Stadium with probably the best start of his career Saturday against the Reds at Citizens Bank Park.
This is an encouraging development for the Phillies, a team that has just moved to Dallas-Keuchel.
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CRÊME PHILADELPHIA – Nick Pivetta Undoubtedly follows the best start of his career Sunday at Dodger Stadium with probably the best start of his career Saturday against the Reds at Citizens Bank Park.

This is an encouraging development for the Phillies, a team that has just moved to Dallas-Keuchel.

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Pivetta launched the first full game of his career in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Reds. He allowed six hits and a point. He has cut six. After a bloop, double the right-field line and a line near the second-baseman's glove Cesar Hernandez in the first run, which led to the Reds' only run, he struck out 17 batters in a row. Since Pivetta allowed three runs in the first set when he returned to the Phillies on May 28, he allowed 10 hits, one point and two goals, and pulled 20 in 19 innings.

"I'm excited to see what he will do at the next start", Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins I said. "I think his confidence is at its highest level right now."

Pivetta looks like another pitcher since he posted a total of 8.35 in his first four starts of the year and the Phillies then opted for Triple-A Lehigh Valley in April. He attacks the hitting area more. He seems to live more in the present moment, focusing on the next step rather than the whole situation or how things might go wrong if something bad happens.

"One throw at a time, one inning at a time," said Pivetta. "If I got ahead of myself, once it did not work. More people settling in and thinking one by one.

"He's just more at the attack," Phillies catches J.T. Realmuto I said. "He works with the same things. He's just doing a great job of getting ahead of the batters and being able to put them away when he gets ahead. At the beginning of the season, I have the impression that when he managed to score two goals, he was not eliminated in the zone, he left a lot of balls. Now, when he has two hits, almost every bullet that breaks is at the bottom of the area or below. It's a big difference for him, to be able to move forward and eliminate the hitters. "

Pivetta allowed three hits and pulled nine in six scoreless innings last weekend in Los Angeles. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said his players were thrilled when Pivetta left the match as they felt they had an opportunity to score.

The Reds felt like Saturday.

"Best start of career", Reds starter Tanner Roark I said.

But success can be fleeting. Pivetta knows it. The Phillies know it too.

They have already seen bursts of domination from Pivetta.

"I still have to go on," said Pivetta. "I still have plenty of room to catch up."

Phillies remains defensive player Jay Bruce knock a single out-of-center to right to score two runs in the first inning to give the Phillies a one-point lead. Realmuto hit a solo circuit in the fourth and Jean Segura tripled to score Bryce Harper to fifth.

Pivetta is busy with the rest.

"Nick came out and was the pitcher we all thought could be early in the season," said Phillies manager Gabe Kapler. "I think the experience of being back in Lehigh Valley was a humiliating experience for him, and since then he has done exactly what we asked him to do, namely pounding the area with all his courses. "

The Phillies can sweep the Reds with a win in the series finale Sunday. They followed a series of five consecutive defeats with a four-game winning streak.

"It's not funny?" Hoskins said. "It's like a long time ago. But I think it's a bit like that we've been all this year. We lost a couple in a row and it seems like we bounced back immediately. Obviously, you do not want to be swept, but rather be swept for the first time in June, then immediately bounce back and win four wins in a row, without lying down after being swept to Los Angeles and then lost the first to San Diego that we did, I think that says a lot about resilience. Usually the sign of a good team. "