Yovani Gallardo
| Yovani Gallardo | |
|---|---|
| Milwaukee Brewers – No. 49 | |
| Starting Pitcher | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| June 18, 2007, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
| Career statistics (through June 30, 2007) | |
| Win-Loss | 1-0 |
| Earned Run Average | 2.79 |
| Strikeouts | 19 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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Yovani Gallardo, born February 27, 1986 in Michoacan, Mexico, is a right-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 amateur draft out of Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth, Texas. Gallardo has good size for a pitcher; he is 6'3" and 215 pounds. He regularly throws four pitches: a fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup with lots of movement. He has an above-average arm with a fastball that touches the mid 90s, but he usually throws in the 93 MPH range with a hard-breaking 77 MPH curve. In 2006, while in AA Huntsville, he led all minor league pitchers with 188 strikeouts in 155 innings of work, the most punch-outs ever by a Brewers prospect. He finished with 14 starts and an incredible 1.63 ERA. In two spring training innings in 2007, he recorded 5 strikeouts, including Barry Bonds.
On June 14, 2007, the Brewers announced the call-up of Yovani Gallardo to replace starter Chris Capuano, who was placed on the disabled list with a strained left groin. Gallardo made his major league debut against the San Francisco Giants on June 18, 2007, yielding 3 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings for the win, with three walks and four strikeouts. In Gallardo's first at bat in the majors, he hit a double, driving in his first career RBI.
For his second career start on June 23, 2007, Gallardo had a no-hitter into the 5th. He would later take the no-decision when the bullpen blew the lead in the 8th.
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