re: DAT 6/19: Rays (Snell) @ Astros (Verlander) 7:10

When we got a lead. Or if the game was tied in extra innings. Apparently the “formula” we thought AJ established with Giles in the 8th and Rondon in the 9th was not a formula at all. It was a temporary thing.

I get what AJ was trying to do. He wanted his most reliable pitcher (of late) to shut down that part of the Rays’ order. It didn’t work. Although who knows how that chopper goes with a more agile bregman at 3rd instead of an old looking yuli. But will he go back to giles in the 8th and rondon in the 9th? It had been working.

It just bothers me. Like giving days off to guys that are red hot at the plate.

I’m disappointed in the loss not devastated. I knew the streak would end eventually. It’s easy to critique after the fact but it’s becoming too predictable that this offense shits the bed at home against any halfway decent pitcher and even against some that aren’t. Of all the games to lose in the last 13 it was in a game where we probably got the best starting pitching performance.