Inside Pitch - Rick Porcello

Junichi it is Allen made his big league debut Friday in New York tonight. He makes his first big league start this is -- Herb Chambers many pre game show. The 23 year old right hander took the loss on -- surrendering a walk off home run to Alex Rodriguez in the fifteenth inning. In the minors this season to -- made eighteen starts at Portland then two more work but -- it. Combining to go nine and seven with a 8255 earned run average. The Tigers -- the ball to twenty year old right hander Rick or sell all this will be start number 21 he's ten and seven with a knee area for 30 last time out. He went five and two thirds to beat the Orioles allowing just two runs on four hits against the Red Sox in June in Detroit he took the loss. Allowing three runs on eight hits that's over for the third. Time now for the inside pitch which has brought to you by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to learn more about Harvard Pilgrim Health Care visit Harvard -- award. And here is the twenty year old tiger starter -- solo with Jokester legally own.

this is -- really been the quickest and free you just. One year less than a year actually pro ball in right in the rotation to start the season and here it is August and you're going very well.

Thank you. You know I think this is most important thing professes to. -- at Lowe's team and you know have been it -- the most -- years. Time continued. Boy you're a Jersey guy and you went right from high school and printed pro ball and almost to the big leagues. Yeah it's -- happen pretty quickly from high school. You know played one season pleases fortunate enough to make it seem strange -- this year and -- it's also far. And we have a great change gives us and it just came naturally. You know were found -- last year in -- in them this is one of those things. Change atlases and Campbell's. I'd just it and better feel for it and it's indeed history is here.

And you've had -- command right from the start every young pitcher can do that. Is that something that you always had.

And I think his system over the years. You know worked hard on I'm trying to throw strikes not only as a -- Obama pitches and you know still kind of a work in progress this is definitely getting better today and now that's why keep improving on it.

Well this is your first time at Fenway Park. And we figure to be like pitching here. After you made the rounds for the first time in other places.

You know this is definitely -- more. You know one of -- was special places and it's -- it's the oldest ballpark in the in those kind of one of those things -- You know it's it's. Nonaligned you're coming here to beat the Red Sox but also play in this ballpark -- players come through here at some. You know it's kinda it's cool feeling and I'm looking forward to being out there and and you know hopefully pitch from wells well. You know a lot of these scouts has talked about doing your -- And these are really that way in anything you churning inside. If he gets tough at times you know keep the presence of man and a standard control you know. Especially Jason tonight the Red Sox are some teams. -- lineups -- it's tough to. Keep it all together. You do best and then and that's party job so. Time acumen was but I do all the time the most part I think it's okay.

And -- with a club it's so good in there with a mix of veterans and youth. The team could win the division has to be here. Very impressive for young players.

Says it's just really excited to be in the position and right now and down. You know want to finish this option and take care of his lesson and hopefully make the playoffs so. You have a lot of family members watching you pitch. Yeah I get my whole famine coming and I got my count colon and my high school coach has done so it should be Minnesota. And it. To Saint Louis I'm looking forward and seen them all again so it should be fun you're a Jersey guy is so her chest and -- You weren't the Yankees and the way now that's. Actually it's. -- of overload of Boston fans. That in the Yankees are -- we wish you the best -- thanks very much for -- and I thank you.

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