This guy likes to throw a lot of first-pitch strikes.

Wood threw first-pitch strikes to the first four batters and went to 0-2 on three of them.

He threw first-pitch strikes to the first 10 batters, and did not let up.

He delivered a first-pitch strike to Williams on the inside corner.

Rogers did, however, settling down and, more important, establishing his ability to get first-pitch strikes.

His percentage of first-pitch strikes, 49.1 percent, had been the worst in the majors this season.

That's half the battle, the first-pitch strike, especially when you haven't seen the guy and you're trying to get a feel for him.

He threw a first-pitch strike to 16 of the last 17 hitters.

"You've got to get more than first-pitch strikes," Peterson said.

He would throw a first-pitch strike and many of the Marlins seemed to have no idea what to expect thereafter.