Well, Father's Day young Buc was Jack Suwinsky with his 3 homers, including a walk off. Then yesterday there were more young Buc sightings. O'Neil Cruz showed up with his bat and finished 2 of 5 with 4 RBIs. In the 3rd inning he put on a little show with his arm. A ball was hit to the third base side of him. It wasn't hit exceptionally and wasn't a difficult play, but what followed made you think maybe the outfield isn't a bad place for him. He backhanded it easily, double clutched as he moved toward first base and uncorked a fireball to Michael Chavis at first. Chavis extended and easily made the play, but I'm wondering if he expected the ball to drill a hole in his glove when it was released. Hopefully he has practiced with Cruz and knew that it was a possibility. The throw was clocked at 96.7 mph.
As I said about Jack Suwinski the other day, I hope his potential is as good as the flashes of talent he's shown in his highlights and I hope they find a spot where he is comfortable.
It also didn't escape my attention that JT Brubaker was finally able to put together a win and a scoreless 6 innings. It didn't hurt that the offense scored 12 runs too. It's a little easier to pitch with some offensive help.
I'm a little disappointed in Jack Suwinsky. C'mon Jack, I expected at least 1 HR after the hat trick.
Yet another Bucco made his Major League debut in the game in pretty impressive fashion, Bligh Madris. He contributed 3 hits, 2 RBIs and a stolen base. Quite a debut, what's he going to do next? hit 3 home runs in a game. We can only hope.
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