Tostado s ninth-inning blast sends Flying Squirrels to 4-3 win at Hartford augustafreepress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from augustafreepress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Trailing by a run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Frankie Tostado blasted a two-run homer to give the Richmond Flying Squirrels the lead.
Carlos Estévez has been about as long of a long-term project as possible in major league baseball. Since debuting in 2016, Estévez has appeared in 207 games as a Rockies reliever and thrown nearly 200 innings for the club. True to the heart of any reliever, he has been known for his big arm and bouts with volatility. But after a rough 24 innings in 2020 and a three week delay in the beginning of 2021 due to injury, Estévez is back in the bullpen and pitching superbly.
So far this season, Estévez has thrown 12.1 innings to the tune of a 2.92 ERA. He has struck out 13 hitters while surrendering ten hits and only walking four. Before hitting the injured list at the beginning of May, Estévez was riding a five game streak without allowing an earned run. Since returning from the IL, he’s picked up from where he left off, adding two more games to that tally. He has now allowed an earned run in only three of his 12 appearances and is pitching to the analytical tune of a 160 ERA+.