By Andrew Bagnato
Chicago White Sox lefty John Danks struck out two men with cut fastballs.
Arizona right-hander Jon Garland is developing a cutter — and one of his ended up on a grassy embankment far beyond the right-center field wall.
Danks gave up one hit and struck out two in two innings but wasn't impressed with his stuff as Chicago defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-1 on Friday.
"I didn't feel real sharp," Danks said after his first spring start. "I think it's more of a case of, it's early for the hitters. The hitters aren't quite there yet. Obviously, the goal going into the game was to get my work in and be healthy whenever I finished."
Danks may not have felt sharp, but he looked it.
He struck out the first two Diamondbacks — Felipe Lopez and Augie Ojeda — with cutters. In the second, Danks gave up a single to Chad Tracy before ending the inning, and his outing, by getting Tony Clark to ground into a 5-4-3 double play.
Danks is set to be the Sox's No. 3 starter, slotted behind Mark Buehrle and Gavin Floyd.
Garland pitched for the White Sox from 2000-07, but the club traded him to the Los Angeles Angels for shortstop Orlando Cabrera in November 2007.
Arizona right-hander Jon Garland is developing a cutter — and one of his ended up on a grassy embankment far beyond the right-center field wall.
Danks gave up one hit and struck out two in two innings but wasn't impressed with his stuff as Chicago defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-1 on Friday.
"I didn't feel real sharp," Danks said after his first spring start. "I think it's more of a case of, it's early for the hitters. The hitters aren't quite there yet. Obviously, the goal going into the game was to get my work in and be healthy whenever I finished."
Danks may not have felt sharp, but he looked it.
He struck out the first two Diamondbacks — Felipe Lopez and Augie Ojeda — with cutters. In the second, Danks gave up a single to Chad Tracy before ending the inning, and his outing, by getting Tony Clark to ground into a 5-4-3 double play.
Danks is set to be the Sox's No. 3 starter, slotted behind Mark Buehrle and Gavin Floyd.
Garland pitched for the White Sox from 2000-07, but the club traded him to the Los Angeles Angels for shortstop Orlando Cabrera in November 2007.
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