Turns out the Roman numerals in his name don't mean Charlie Weatherby III is good for three innings. Manager John Russell gambled that Weatherby could be in tonight's 7-6 loss (boxscore, play-by-play), but Columbus clipped him for four runs in the eighth and the ball game. Manny Alexander's three-run triple tied it, then he scored on a sac fly.
Weatherby had needed just 24 pitches to get through the sixth and seventh, so it wasn't a totally bad move, but it ended up being a downer for the Lynx (31-41). Lefty J.A. Happ had another serviceable, if not exactly efficient start and Brennan King continued his tear. Since rejoining the lineup last Monday, he's 9-for-26 with four extra-base hits, seven bases on balls and six runs scored — some serious whomp. He was on base four times today, scoring three runs.
And hey, Monday night's series finale is a blast from the past: Toledo is starting left-hander Chris Michalak (2-2, 3.22, 1.16 WHIP), whom you might remember was in the Jays rotation for part of the 2001 season. Some Jays fans would be quicker to recall that Michalak hit a triple in his first major-league at bat that year in a game in Montreal before they remembered anything about his pitching, which might tell you something.
Lynx righty Bubba Nelson (2-2, 4.80, 1.33 WHIP) opposes Michalak.
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