Cold, cold night, hot, hot bats. And still it ended up in nail-biting mode.
Carlos Rodón threw almost as many pitches to get through five innings tonight as he needed for his no-hitter last time out — 110 to 114 — and Tony La Russa left him in to get the win, or to try to save some relievers with a bullpen day coming up Wednesday, or whatever, even though you knew it was probably a bad idea where Rodón’s arm is concerned.
All those pitches came thanks to five walks, eight K’s and some shoddy defense, since Carlos only yielded three hits, the first a Jordan Luplow homer leading of the third that ended 13 straight hitless innings, going back to the start before the no-hitter.