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Yovani Gallardo (born March 27, 1986, in Penjamillo de Degollado, Michoacan, Mexico) is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft out of Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] Gallardo is 6'2" and 222 pounds, and has showcased impressive hitting skills for a pitcher; in 66 career at-bats, he has an average of .227 with 4 home runs and 10 RBIs.[2] He regularly throws four pitches: a fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup with a lot of movement. He has an above-average arm with a fastball that touches the mid 90s, but he usually throws in the 93 MPH range with a hard-breaking 80-84 MPH curve that, when he was in the minors, was considered the best curveball in the minors. His slider is also very good, with a late, sharp break.[3]
[edit] 2006 seasonWith Single-A Brevard County, on June 9, Gallardo had a no-hitter for 8 1/3 innings before surrendering a triple; Gallardo finished the game with 11 strikeouts.[4] Splitting time between Brevard County and Double-A Huntsville, he led all minor league pitchers with 188 strikeouts in 155 innings of work, the most in a single season by a Brewers prospect.[5] His Double-A line included 13 starts and a 1.63 ERA.[5] [edit] 2007 seasonGallardo started the season with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds.[5] On June 14, the Brewers announced the call-up of Gallardo to replace starter Chris Capuano, who was placed on the disabled list with a strained left groin.[6] Gallardo made his major league debut against the San Francisco Giants on June 18, yielding 3 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings for the win, with three walks and four strikeouts.[7] In Gallardo's first at-bat in the majors, he hit an RBI double.[7] For his second career start on June 24, Gallardo had a no-hitter into the 5th inning.[8] He would later take the no-decision when the bullpen blew the lead in the 8th.[8] After coming out of the bullpen for three games, Gallardo was inserted back into the starting rotation on July 17 when then-Brewers ace Ben Sheets went on the 15-day disabled list with a right distal finger sprain.[9] [edit] 2008 seasonGallardo started the season on the disabled list. He went on the 15-day DL on March 21, 2008, with a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee.[10] Upon his return on April 20, Gallardo pitched well during the next three games, compiling a 1.80 earned run average in twenty innings of work.[2] During his start on May 1, Gallardo jumped to get out of the way of a diving Chicago Cubs player – Reed Johnson – and landed awkwardly, bending his right knee extensively, during the 5th inning.[11] He continued to pitch through the 6th, but was later diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).[11] Gallardo was placed on the 15-day disabled list, and was not activated until September 24.[10] Gallardo was the starting pitcher in game 1 of the NLDS on October 1, 2008 against the Philadelphia Phillies.[12] He ended up taking the loss to Cole Hamels.[12] [edit] 2009 season During Spring Training for 2009, Gallardo was offered to pitch for Mexico in the World Baseball Classic, but turned it down to focus on getting ready for the 2009 season.[13] A few baseball commentators, notably Eric Karabell of ESPN, believed that Gallardo would be the Brewers' ace for the coming season.[14] His first start was on April 8 against the Giants, lasting 6 2/3 innings, giving up only 2 runs and striking out six en route to getting the win.[7] He made news in the 6th inning when he hit a three-run home run off of Randy Johnson, becoming the first pitcher to ever hit a home run off of Johnson.[15] Gallardo pitched his first career complete game on April 24 against the Houston Astros.[16] Gallardo allowed only two runs on five hits, striking out seven.[16] His family was in attendance for the game, and were moved to behind the Brewers dugout for the final inning.[17] Gallardo made baseball news again in his next start against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Gallardo pitched 8 shutout innings and hit a home run in the 7th, which was the only run of the game. Gallardo became only the 26th pitcher in major league history to win a game 1-0 while hitting a home run, and joined Red Ruffing and Early Wynn as the only ones to do so while striking out 10 or more batters (Gallardo struck out 11, also a career high). Gallardo tossed a 2-hitter on Memorial Day against the St. Louis Cardinals. He struck out 6 batters, one of them Albert Pujols. He struck out 9 on May 31 against the Cincinnati Reds. Gallardo pitched another 2-hitter on June 5, shutting out the Atlanta Braves 4-0. He struck out six. As of August 8, he is 10-8.[18] [edit] FamilyGallardo is married to his wife Patricia; the couple has a son named Yovani Jr[19] [edit] References
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