The veteran experience that the Lynx have in spades will be needed to lighten the mood on the long trip home tonight. Two of the young up-and-comers, setup man Joe Bisenius and catcher Jason Jaramillo, had rough times in today's 15-10 loss (boxscore, play-by-play) in Indianapolis.
It happens for all relievers. Bisenius came in to protect an 8-6 advantage on one of those no-lead-is-safe days. The wind was blowing out in a park where it's only 320 feet down both lines. He gave up back-to-back homers to Indy's Chris Aguila and Michael Ryan. With two out and one on, Humberto Cota -- who also drew a key base on balls in Indy's come-from-behind win on Sunday -- worked a walk. Rajai Davis followed with a go-ahead two-run double and tacked on another run when he stole third and scooted home when Jaramillo's throw went into left field. Just like that, Bisenius was staring at a five-run seventh inning and the Lynx were left with a sub-.500 record (5-6) on their 10-day road trip.
It's all in how you handle it as a ballplayer. You have to imagine that Bisenius losing his composure and losing track of the runner allowed Davis to light out for third base on that play. Indianapolis runs a lot, but stealing third with two out and league-leading hitter Brian Bixler (who went 4-for-5 to jack his average to .363) up to bat seems like a bit of a low-percentage play.
Indianapolis does this to a lot of teams. They were already leading the IL in runs scored and on-base percentage before today's 15-run, 20-hit output, giving them the league's best offence despite having hit fewer homers than everyone except Ottawa.
Highlights for the Lynx: Lou Collier was named IL batter of the week after going 11-for-21 with six RBI over a recent stretch. In today's game, Dusty Wathan was 4-for-5 (Gary Burnham once again did not start vs. a lefty), Jaramillo had a couple RBI hitting out of the 5-hole and Chris Roberson hit a leadoff homer, his first big fly of the season. That brings the Lynx up to five homers on the year -- all on the road.
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