Year: 2013
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Chia: the ERA that grows!
September 10, 2013 Houston Astros — Chia-Jen Lo entered with a one-run lead in the seventh and exited with a one-run deficit. Lo has been pretty bad over the last three weeks (9 ER, 8 H, 7 BB, 7 K, 7.2 IP), and lefty Kevin Chapman — who earned the win with a clean eighth on…
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Frank Francisco returns, disappoints fans by not throwing any chairs
September 9, 2013 New York Mets – Frank Francisco, written off by the Mets earlier this year, actually got healthy enough to make a return to the bigs, just in time to try and prove to everyone that he can still get a few outs so he can get a new contract somewhere this offseason.…
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Luke Hochevar: Crummy starter, ace reliever
September 8, 2013 Oakland A’s – Grant Balfour threw 37 pitches in his Friday outing, so the A’s went to Sean Doolittle in the 9th on Saturday, and the lefty picked up his first save. Doolittle continues to share the 8th inning role with Ryan Cook. No hierarchy change. . Closer . Set-Up . 2nd…
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David Robertson hurting, Carter Capps gets the call in late innings
September 7, 2013 New York Yankees – The Yankees bullpen gave up 9 runs in a loss last night. More bad news for the Yankees as David Robertson is expected to miss 5-6 days with a sore shoulder. No hierarchy change. . Closer . Set-Up . 2nd in line . 2014 Closer . Updated NYY…
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Craig Breslow continues to impress; Josh Fields more than just a cursory “closer”
September 6, 2013 Boston Red Sox – Junichi Tazawa had a terrible outing on Thursday, allowing two inherited runners to score and then giving up two more runs of his own. Craig Breslow, meanwhile, logged two spotless innings and picked up the win. Breslow had basically been splitting the 8th inning role with Tazawa —…