MLB
Sunday, May 4
Gibbons: Blue Jays 'shell-shocked'
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons admitted that his team was "a little shell-shocked" following another late-inning collapse in Saturday's 8-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Aaron Loup gave up three runs in the seventh inning and Todd Redmond served up the game-winning hit in the eighth Saturday, one day after Toronto squandered a two-run ninth inning lead in a 6-5 loss.
The Blue Jays led 5-0 in the fourth inning Saturday and 6-2 in the seventh.
Blue Jays relievers entered play Sunday with a combined 5.35 ERA -- the second-worst in the majors -- and five blown saves in 17 opportunities this season.
Cubs’ closer situation unsettled despite Hector Rondon’s success
Before the Cubs’ 3-0 victory Saturday over the Cardinals, manager Rick Renteria described his closer situation as fluid.
But then Renteria called on right-hander Hector Rondon to close for the second consecutive day. That seems more consistent than fluid.
Rondon finished the Cubs’ 6-5 victory Friday with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. On Saturday, he allowed hits to the first two batters before getting Jon Jay to ground into a double play. Rondon struck out Mark Ellis to earn his third save.
Sunday, May 4
Gibbons: Blue Jays 'shell-shocked'
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons admitted that his team was "a little shell-shocked" following another late-inning collapse in Saturday's 8-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Aaron Loup gave up three runs in the seventh inning and Todd Redmond served up the game-winning hit in the eighth Saturday, one day after Toronto squandered a two-run ninth inning lead in a 6-5 loss.
The Blue Jays led 5-0 in the fourth inning Saturday and 6-2 in the seventh.
Blue Jays relievers entered play Sunday with a combined 5.35 ERA -- the second-worst in the majors -- and five blown saves in 17 opportunities this season.
Cubs’ closer situation unsettled despite Hector Rondon’s success
Before the Cubs’ 3-0 victory Saturday over the Cardinals, manager Rick Renteria described his closer situation as fluid.
But then Renteria called on right-hander Hector Rondon to close for the second consecutive day. That seems more consistent than fluid.
Rondon finished the Cubs’ 6-5 victory Friday with a 1-2-3 ninth inning. On Saturday, he allowed hits to the first two batters before getting Jon Jay to ground into a double play. Rondon struck out Mark Ellis to earn his third save.
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