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September 20, 2006
Struggling Tomko
Dodgers manager Grady Little said Wednesday he would like to find an innocuous situation -- such as a big lead in the late innings -- to bring in struggling reliever Brett Tomko to allow him to try to straighten himself out in a pressure-free situation. But that might not be possible. ...
``Ideally, that's the situation you would like to put a guy in when he is going through what he is going through right now. But I can't sit here and tell you exactly what I'm going to do.''
Tomko now has allowed 10 runs (seven earned) in three innings over his past four appearances. That includes a four-run outburst by Pittsburgh on Tuesday night that put the game out of reach of another late-inning comeback bid by the Dodgers, and the four-run inning he gave up at Chicago on Thursday turned a 5-2 lead into a 6-5 deficit and, eventually, a critical loss for the Dodgers.
Posted by Tony Jackson at September 20, 2006 06:08 PM
Comments
the dodgers pen is mishmosh right now. tony, don't you think it's a problem when three key guys are former starters, better geared toward long relief than one-inning or one-batter situations?
Posted by: James at September 20, 2006 06:20 PM