According to mlb.com, Houck has a regular fastball and a sinker fastball, so those two plus the slider and splitter make 4 pitches. Plus maybe his motion is bothering the Yankees. Whatever the cause, that's 6 K's in 3 innings and 1 single.
Montgomery look to me as much the better pitcher than Houck--better repertoire, better location, better results.
But Houck's slider looks every bit as good as Ray Milland's "enhanced" pitch in It Happens Every Spring.
3d time thru last night murdered Richards. And that's why I don't understand the argument that Perez is pretty good when he too often (7 times so far this year) only pitches 2, 3, or 4 innings.