Lynx manager John Russell's tendency to ride with his starter is well-documented, of course. Jacobsen (1-5, 5.97), who had three unearned runs come in after a two-out error by Carlos Leon in the Tides first, was at 104 pitches entering the bottom of the eighth with the Lynx trailing by a run. (Tides reliever (Steve Green, the Canadian, got Dusty Wathan to hit into a bases-loaded double play after a Lynx rally in the top half.)
Jacobsen was allowed to start the inning and it was one of those moves that didn't work out: After a leadoff double, ex-Blue Jay Alberto Castillo capped a four-RBI night with a two-run homer, and the Lynx losing skid hit eight games.
A.J. BURNETT COMING TO THE CAPITAL...
Ottawa baseball fans with divided Jays-Lynx loyalties could get a glimpse of A.J. Burnett on the Civic Holiday weekend:
"Toronto general manager J.P. Ricciardi said if Burnett feels fine, the pitcher likely will have a rehab assignment with Class A Dunedin on Wednesday, followed by a start at Triple-A on Aug. 6."That Aug. 6 game is the Monday afternoon finale of a four-game series between the Syracuse Chiefs and the Lynx at the Stadium. Burnett would only pitch a few innings and he probably wouldn't even be in Ottawa to find out that "beaver tail" isn't what a guy from North Little Rock, Arkansas, might think it is.
Jordan Bastian, MLB.com
In no way is it the the least bit depressing that the prospect of seeing A.J. Burnett in a rehab start might lead to a change of plans. (Two weeks' vacation gets underway on the Saturday and the plan was to go up to Toronto for a couple Jays games before decamping to the Limestone City for the Sager-Murad wedding on Aug. 11.)
Thanks to Pete Toms, for wondering during last night's Lynx thread if we might see Burnett in a rehab start during that series. That was a nudge to do some checking up.
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One up, one down for hurlers (Jordan Bastian, MLB.com)
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Hi N, thanks for doing my homework for me. I am leaving town - again - on the 4th and won't make the drive into town to see Burnett, but I do think this is a start well worth seeing. I suspect either the Tigers or Indians are going to come back to the pack in the AL and there will be a decent Wild Card race. (The NL Wild Card is always a dogfight until the end, thanks to parity / mediocrity but I digress ). Obviously if the Jays could get several big outings from Burnett in August and Sept that would be an immense help. It's hard to like the guy but there is no arguing that his A game is dominant. If healthy he should dominate the Lynx lineup that is by AAA standards very weak.
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