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Finnegan keeps up scoreless streak with commanding start
- Updated: August 4, 2016
CINCINNATI — Reds manager Bryan Price didn’t mince words when talking about Brandon Finnegan’s scoreless six-inning performance against the Cardinals in Thursday’s 7-0 win.
“It was the best slider that I’ve seen him have since he’s been with us here in Cincinnati,” Price said.
Finnegan was less complimentary of his own work.
“I know I didn’t have my best, but I was commanding the ball well,” Finnegan said. “Even when you don’t have your good stuff, that’s the key, that’s been the key for me all year, is to command all my pitches. And they hit some balls hard, but we had guys right there to catch them. Without the defense, I’d be pretty bad today.”
Still, it’s hard to argue with a two-hit outing with four strikeouts and even harder to argue with a 12-inning scoreless streak. Maybe the most impressive thing: Finnegan didn’t walk a batter for the third time in 22 starts this …
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