"Early appears to have gotten right over the last six days. In his next outing, he tossed the strongest start of his young major-league career. The left-hander threw a career-high seven innings against the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night, which snapped their seven-game winning streak. Early shut out the visiting team on 96 pitches (70 strikes). Friday was his second career shutout, his first since his debut."
"He allowed four hits, one walk and hit by pitch apiece, collected eight whiffs and strikeouts each in his third win of the season. Early started strong by posting a clean first inning, something he had failed to do his last time out. His only messy frame came in the third when he loaded the bases with nobody out and the game in a scoreless tie. He quickly got out of the jam by way of a strikeout and a cleanly fielded double play behind him."
""Huge double play," Early told reporters. "I think from that moment, we had all the momentum. Saw it in the bats, saw it in the rest of the game and how I pitched, and then obviously how [Garrett Whitlock] and [Aroldis Chapman] handled business after that." "To get out of that with no runs allowed is huge. Big rush of adrenaline, and excited to watch the offense go out after that.""
Connelly Early rebounded after a career-worst outing against the Detroit Tigers, where he allowed five earned runs in four innings. In his next start against the Tampa Bay Rays, he delivered his strongest major-league performance, throwing seven innings and shutting out the visiting team on 96 pitches with 70 strikes. He allowed four hits, one walk, and one hit by pitch, while recording eight strikeouts and eight whiffs. Early kept the first inning clean and escaped a third-inning jam that loaded the bases with nobody out. A double play ended the threat without runs, and Early credited it as a critical momentum shift that carried through the rest of the game.
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