Hadn't thought about Walker, instead of Rodney, in the 10th. But I was surprised to see Rodney. I was actually hoping to see Carson Smith, not knowing how many times he pitched back-to-back this year. It was a pretty high leverage situation for a rook.....but Baby Face Carson gets folks out.
I thought the Hart PH was a stupid call, really. Doolittle throws gas....and then more gas. Who was more likely to catch up with one, Hart or LoMo? Lefties are only hitting .119 against him this year, but over his career he has almost no lefty/righty split. Maybe I'm so done with Hart that my judgement is clouded here, that is possible. Heck, Smoak was a better call.
And while Paxton is indeed not the 2nd best rookie starter ever, he's showing things and doing things that make him one of the best pitchers in the league beginning with his next start....or his last one.
You can easily argue that none of the Oakland Big Four (Gray, Kazmir, Samardjiza, Lester) has ever had a season BETTER than what Paxton has shown in his 14 MLB starts (although they've had some equals, with Lester's '14 being perhaps the best of the bunch).
Last night's loss was a big one. Giddy-up today boys.
The Orcs slipped the lasso yesterday, let's get them hog-tied again.
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