It was all gloom and doom a day ago, with the bright sounds of The Rutles masking the pain and anguish of a looming September, where the hopes of new, young stars emerging threatened to be overlaid by another march toward 100 losses.
On Tuesday, in a late comeback win over Cleveland, spiked with swell performances by young talents Eloy Jiménez, Dylan Cease and Zack Collins, the pain of Rutland is now forgotten, and September unfurls as bright and fresh again.
What a difference a day makes.
The game got off to a rocky start, as Dylan Cease continued his streak of longballed games by wasting no time and second-pitch homer to Cleveland leadoff man Francisco Lindor.