Kenley Jansen got hit literally and figuratively in last night’s game, and ended up blowing the save. The Dodgers, down 6-1 at one point, had battled back to make it an 8-6 game going into the ninth inning. Jansen was hit with a comebacker, and ended up giving up a walk-off three run homer to Bryce Harper.
After the game, Jansen said that he should have been taken out of the game, but his pride and ego didn’t allow that. He described his night like this to Bill Plunkett of the Southern California News Group –
“It definitely felt numb.