Phillies news and rumors 5/17: What stood out about Orion Kerkering’s three strikeouts Thursday

Orion Kerkering struck three Mets out on Thursday night. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
In and of itself, Orion Kerkering striking out three Mets hitters on Thursday night wasn’t anything terribly out of the ordinary. The noteworthy part was how.
All of Kerkering’s strikeouts in the series-finale loss came on fastballs. The 23-year-old set down Francisco Lindor on a 98.7-mph heater up, J.D. Martinez on another four-seamer up and a tenth of a mile an hour slower, then Starling Marte for a ca