Earlier this week David Lorduy came out of the bullpen against Puerto Rico and recorded outs against two of the three batters he faced, giving up a double in his outing. On Sunday he was asked to do a lot more than get two outs.
The Cincinnati Reds prospect was once again coming out of the bullpen for Colombia and it was early as Cuba grabbed a 4-0 lead off of starter Luis Patino and couldn’t record more than one out. Lorduy entered the game and needed seven pitches to get two outs and end the inning.
He returned for the 2nd inning and the 22-year-old faced off against the 8-9-1 hitters. Lorduy didn’t waste much time as he needed 10 pitches to get through the inning while picking up a strikeout along the way. The 3rd inning was easy going for the most part, too. After getting Yoan Moncada to pop up to the catcher he hit Ariel Martinez with the first pitch he threw him, but two pitches later he got out of the inning with a double play.
That would end the day for David Lorduy, but it was a good day on the mound for the righty. He threw 2.2 hitless innings with no walks, one hit batter, and a strikeout. He threw 24 pitches and 17 of those were strikes.