What Went Wrong For Brayan Bello In 2026 Debut?
Brayan Bello allowed five earned runs over 4 2/3 innings in his season debut on Tuesday.
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Brayan Bello's 2026 season got off to a rocky start on Tuesday. The Boston Red Sox handed the ball to the righty against the Houston Astros, hoping to stop a three-game losing streak, but Bello took the loss in another rout. It was trouble from the start, when Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena singled on the first pitch he saw.
Yordan Alvarez followed it up with a double off the center field wall after falling behind 0-2, giving the Astros a one-run lead. Coming into the year, Bello needed to find a way to add strikeouts to his game. In 2025, he struck out just 17.
7% of the hitters he faced. On Tuesday, he only managed to punch out two hitters. Bello was able to get to two strikes against 11 of the 25 hitters he faced, but couldn't put them away.