The opposite side of the penalty of the times the pitcher faces the batting order

In the top of the first inning on July 3, 2024, Mitchell Parker struck out Francisco Lindor on four pitches: a four-seam fastball out of the zone followed by three straight swings and misses with the splitter. He faced Lindor again in the top of the third, and this time it took him six pitches to induce an easy groundout. He added a curveball, but otherwise stuck with the four-seam fastball and splitter. In the top of the fifth, he faced Lindor …