As everyone knows by now, the starter scheduled for tonight’s game was scratched just before game time. What happened next overshadows the unfortunate outcome of this game.
Although little is expected from now-departed Jake Bloss on any given day, with his trade to the Blue Jays for Yusei Kikuchi during tonight’s game, even less was expected from the openers that replaced him in the rotation.
However, Tay Scott started with three perfect innings, striking out four. He was followed by Caleb Ort, just up from AAA, who added 2.2 more innings, allowing only one run on a homer by Yasmani Grandal in the fifth.