This weekend was filled with all kinds of drama for the Rays. I was planning on writing about losing Kazmir and Aki and gaining Price, Brignac and Thayer. That was before the bullpen shit the bed tonight. They gave up 6 runs with two outs in the bottom of the 9th. The way that felt to watch I don’t know how they don’t fire somebody.
It was 10-4 at the beginning of the 9th. Brignac did have an unfortunate error, but the sizable lead should have been enough to cover that. Balfour and Isringhausen should be hiding in shame somewhere. I understand that the strike zone was pretty tight, but who flippin cares. With a seven run lead just don’t walk anyone. Make them hit it! Balfour did have a couple guys on when he came in so his meatball turned into 3 runs, but even after that the Rays were still ahead by two with two outs. How do you excuse that? Balfour walks the next batter. In comes Isringhausen, who promptly walks three more batters. Three! Why was he still pitching after that? Did Maddon just figure he had to do better at some point. Did he scream after this game? I did.
All weekend I was feeling pretty good about the Rays. The offense has been rockin, and Price was here to pitch, but with a bullpen like we saw tonight times are gonna be tough my friends.
This is a sucky way to go to bed at night for sure. I hope the Rays can shake it off and Garza can give them yet another boost. Okay I’ll give them a weak… Go Rays.
