Zumaya Gets Coached To Victory

Joel Zumaya pitched two scoreless innings yesterday, allowing one hit, strinking out three, hovering around 101 m.p.h., spinning "beautiful curveballs," and getting the win. He's struck out twice as many batters as he's given up hits. Interestingly, Zumaya has made some adjustments in his mechanics recently, based on feedback from his pitching coach. "Before, his whole foot was on the rubber. Now his toe was the only thing touching the rubber. I thought it was creating too difficult of an angle to get the ball away to a lefty batter. Plus, it created too difficult of an angle for his curveball."