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Pomeranz’s hook has elevated his game
- Updated: April 21, 2016
SAN DIEGO — When the Padres acquired Drew Pomeranz in an offseason trade with Oakland, they envisioned the former reliever returning to the rotation and using his curveball to cement his position there.
In other words, they envisioned Wednesday night.
Pomeranz struck out a career-high 10 hitters, as the Padres cruised past the Pirates, 8-2. In what may have been his finest big league start, Pomeranz allowed only an unearned run — which scored after he left the game with two outs in the seventh.
The biggest reason for Pomeranz’s dominance on Wednesday? That filthy curveball of his, which he used to polish off eight of his 10 strikeouts.
“I threw a lot of them,” Pomeranz said. “I was attacking them with it early on. They kept missing it, so I just kept throwing it.”
Pomeranz wasn’t ready to look big-picture, saying he preferred to stay in the present. But the numbers back up the notion that he’s as dominant on the mound now as he’s ever been.
In five previous seasons, Pomeranz only recorded one …
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