Not a bad way for the kid to end his season today... Complete game shutout. 4 hits (all singles) by the top run scoring team in baseball. Got his first (and likely last) home run (thought it might be his last AB as a NL'er). Not bad, not bad at all there Mr. Lyles!(even Mr. Happy might have nice things to say about the kid today!).
And just to add, FYB!
OSF: If you've read all of my comments about young Lyles, they're far from all negative. He's got at least two plus pitches, and when he's on, he has command of four pitches, which is top flight big league material. I didn't get to see him go today, but after having read the stats, I liked his pitch count (103) and his walks (1).
I would have expected a few more strike outs on such a good day, but he apparently had such good command today that he could pitch to contact and conserve pitch count. I've loved Lyles gaining velocity on his fastball. He's only 21 and should still be in the minors. However, he's learning up here. His mental makeup will toughen too as he matures so that he won't have that tendency to fall apart somehow in the fifth inning of starts. He does need to work on how he finishes off left-handed hitters, who hit over .300 against him, but that too will come. Overall, I'm very optimistic about young Lyles. He has the talent to be great.
