Lookouts pitcher Nathan Eovaldi has been promoted to Los Angeles.Chattanooga Lookouts starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi threw five respectable innings Monday night at AT&T Field, and he wasn’t taken deep by Albert Pujols.
Eovaldi pitched the final game of the Freeway Series last Wednesday in Los Angeles between the Dodgers and Angels and surrendered an estimated 441-foot home run to Pujols, in whom the Angels are investing $240 million over the next 10 years. Eovaldi was sent down to the Class AA Lookouts after that final spring exhibition and is essentially on hold for the Dodgers after making six big-league starts last season.
“I feel like I can make it back,” Eovaldi said after Monday’s 3-2 loss to the Tennessee Smokies. “It’s just a matter of coming out and continuing what I did here last year.”
The 22-year-old right-hander allowed one hit and one walk through four innings before the announced crowd of 3,786, but his fifth inning did not go smoothly.
Mike Burgess and Mike Brenly opened the fifth with singles to left field before Elliot Soto drew a walk to load the bases. Smokies starting pitcher Brooks Raley hit a sacrifice fly to center to tie the game at 1 before Eovaldi got out of the jam with a double play.