Drey Jameson
For the third time in two weeks, Greenfield’s Kyle Gibson and Drey Jameson got the starting nod for their Major League Baseball teams, on the same day.
Earlier in the week, Jameson was slated to start Sunday for the Arizona Diamondbacks, but both he and Gibson, for the Philadelphia Phillies, were starting pitchers Saturday.
It was the third straight time the Greenfield-Central grads had started on the same day. Both were starters on Sunday, Sept. 25 and Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Jameson, a rookie who made his major league debut last month, made his fourth start Saturday and picked up the win.
With the regular season finishing Wednesday, Jameson will not get another start. He finishes 3-0 with a 1.48 earned run average.
He went 5-plus innings in each of his four starts. In his one no-decision, he left the game in line to get the victory.
He threw 24.1 innings and struck out 24, walked seven and gave up just four runs.
In Saturday’s 8-4 win over the San Francisco Giants, Jameson went six innings, struck out seven, gave up six hits and just two earned runs. The Diamondbacks win officially eliminated the Giants from the postseason.
“I’m definitely OK with the outcomes of the last four outings I’ve had up here,” Jameson said in a story from the Associated Press. “I personally don’t like giving up runs. I personally don’t like giving up hits. So there’s obviously a lot of work that can still be done to limit that. But what’s happened, I’m pleased with it.”
The veteran Gibson suffered the loss and dropped to 10-8 on the season after a 13-4 Phillies loss at the Washington Nationals.
Gibson went six innings, gave up seven earned runs, eight hits and struck out seven.
It was his last regular season start, too, but he and the Phils are hopeful their year will include a postseason.
Going into Monday’s games, the Phillies were two games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers, with three games remaining, for the final wild card spot.
Gibson has hit a rough patch of his season, but has been a key starter for the Phils, seeking to end an 11-year playoff drought.
After Saturdays’ game, Gibson, in a story from the Associated Press, said, “Any time you feel like you give one away, it’s frustrating.”
In six starts in September and October, his ERA is 9.73 and Philadelphia’s record is 1-5. He has allowed at least five earned runs in three straight starts. He was coming off a strong August, where he went 3-1 with a 2.30 ERA.
“Been a frustrating month,” said Gibson, adding that he’s gone over his games with his pitching coaches and catchers but they’re all “coming up empty on saying, ‘Hey, this is where (the issue) is.’”
