Lance Lynn issued his second walk of the game with two outs in the third inning Sunday, and Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward popped out of the dugout.
It’s spring training, so the assumption was that Lynn had hit his pitch count and was done. The pitcher warming in the Rangers’ bullpen, Jesse Chavez, thought that was the case and started running from the bullpen.
But Woodward turned around and left after a brief chat and so did Chavez. Lynn wasn’t going anywhere.
The right-hander didn’t get out of the third, allowing a two-run double to Alex Verdugo, but the extra batter said a lot about who Lynn is as a pitcher.