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Meyer struggles in 1st start, sent to Triple-A
- Updated: May 4, 2016
HOUSTON — Through two innings, right-hander Alex Meyer looked on track to have a solid outing in his first Major League start, as he was using his 96-mph fastball and mid-80s curveball to strike out four hitters through two scoreless frames.
But it all unraveled in the third. Meyer couldn’t make out of the inning, allowing three runs on two hits, two walks and a wild pitch. It was enough that the Twins decided to option him to Triple-A Rochester after their 6-4 loss to the Astros, calling up reliever J.R. Graham as a placeholder until right-hander Ervin Santana is activated from the 15-day disabled list to start on Saturday.
“I was just getting behind,” Meyer said. “I wasn’t throwing my curveball for a strike in that third inning to get back into counts. Guys were able to sit on fastballs. You can’t fall behind.”
Meyer’s knuckle-curve was on during the first two innings, as all four of his strikeouts came on the pitch. But the third inning started poorly, as he served up a solo homer to Jason Castro on a first-pitch fastball that …
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