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And both impressed me even with their struggles.
Maurer went 7.2 innings and gave up 5 runs, all earned, on a walk and 2 Ks.  
How did those runs plate?
- One legit run in the 4th, a single followed by a double, then the second run on a wild pitch from Maurer.  He got the batter out after the run scored.
- Nothing else til 2 outs in the 8th.  Maurer ran out of gas, loaded the bases, and the reliever who needed one out instead walked a guy and gave up a single to plate the two runs charged to Maurer.  
Without his strikeout stuff Maurer was still a groundball machine and hard to score on.  He shouldn't even have been out there in the 8th but they had a big lead.  Sometimes I like seeing a pitcher not bring his B game just to see what sort of a fighter he is.  I like the fight in that dog.
Paxton?
5 IP, 5 hits, 4 runs (2 earned) with 4BB and 7K.
- 2 runs scored on a passed ball and an error, one while Paxton picked off the runner at 1B and the guy at third took home during the rundown. Paxton picked off 2 guys in the outing, one at first and one at second, and his line in the 3rd and 4th innings looks like this:
6 up, 6 down, all Ks: swinging, swinging, looking, swinging, swinging, swinging.
Paxton's B stuff is pretty good too, certainly for that level.  There are definitely some interesting arms in this org right now.  Walker day is Tuesday, isn't it?
~G