![]() The Phillies got to him for a run in the first inning when Max Muncy couldn’t field a potential inning-ending double play grounder. But it was awesome to get out there and get that first one under my belt.” Hopefully going forward I can keep that mentality and sharpen it up a little bit. That’s really what I was trying to think out there to start the game. Same game, same mentality, same composure. “But at the end of the day, it’s all baseball. “It’s hard,” Stone said of managing the anticipation and anxiety. The Arkansas native said he had about 25 family and friends on hand to see his debut – one that had been percolating since Saturday when the Dodgers got the word to Stone in Oklahoma City that he was getting the promotion. Hopefully, I can make it a long career,” said Stone, who was the next-to-last pick in the shortest draft in MLB history (just five rounds in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic with no minor-league season until 2021). “It’s been a crazy ride from 2020 to now. Nonetheless, he pronounced the overall experience “awesome.” ![]() The prized pitching prospect did not have the debut of his dreams, allowing five runs on eight hits in four innings in the Dodgers’ 10-6 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. He can be forgiven for being fuzzy on the details. LOS ANGELES - Many years from now, Gavin Stone will lean back in his rocking chair and tell the story of his major-league debut.
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