There are a couple reasons not to blink during a pitchers duel. The obvious one is that you don’t want to miss the one moment during the entire game when somebody finally scores. The other is, if you blink too long, you fall asleep and miss four or five innings, because West Coast road trips are awful.
Anyway, if you like pitching, last night’s game was one for you. Jake Odorizzi and Sean Manaea locked up in a good one, each twirling eight shutout innings.
Jake was rock solid, with a great fastball, especially up, and good change mixed in with his other breaking pitches to keep Oakland off balance.