Tag: Sal Romano

  • Seth Lugo in the mix for saves while Ken Giles could go on the IL

    August 11, 2019 New York Mets — Seth Lugo started the eighth inning of a tie game yesterday and retired the first two batters he faced to tie the franchise record of 26 consecutive batters retired.  Unfortunately, the next batter hit a go-ahead solo home run.  After the Mets took a one-run lead in the…

  • Not all vulture saves are created equal

    July 24, 2019 Boston Red Sox — Alex Cora tasked Brandon Workman to get a six-out save with the Sox leading the Rays, 5-2, on Tuesday. Workman breezed through the eighth inning on 12 pitches and got two outs in the ninth, but he ran into trouble and eventually exited the game with the bases…