Boom goes the dymamite
To have highs, it is necessary to have lows. It’s important to remind oneself of that when watching a game play out like it did yesterday.
Brian Tallet was spectacular on the mound for six innings. He was so awesome that the Indians had a big fat “0″ in their hit column going into the seventh. At this point Tallet, a converted reliever making what amounts to a series of emergency starts, had thrown 75 pitches. “In Cito I trust”, I really do, but at the back of my mind I know that the main criticism against him is that he tends to leave his starters in the game too long.
Obviously you’re not going to pull a guy off the mound when he’s throwing a no-hitter. I get that. Nonetheless, shouldn’t you get a guy up in the bullpen to step in at the first sign of trouble? The shot of the lifeless bullpen after Tallet gave up that first hit in the top of the seventh sent a chill down my spine. With a guy like Tallet, the pitch count should be a more significant barometer than how the guy is performing. Cito should have had someone warming up before Tallet pitched himself out of a win. That’s my take.
These resilient Jays wouldn’t go down without a fight, however, and came back to tie the game on a few occasions before finally bowing out in the 12th. The low point was giving up the tying run in the bottom of the ninth when they were one strike from victory. Brandon League caught too much of the plate and boom goes the dynamite.
Quick turnaround today as Brett Cecil makes his MLB debut (wow, another one). Five good innings is all we ask, Brett.
Ugh! is right. Stomach punch loss, but they’ll bounce back this afternoon!
Win or lose, you can at least count on the Jays to be competitive throughout the whole game. Even after giving up those runs in the top of the 12th, they still got the tying run to the plate again and were just one moonshot from coming back yet again. Great resiliency, and great entertainment.
Get Romero off the DL and SIGN PEDRO, and they’ll be in great shape.