Dale Sveum seemed to have been overly cautious at the start of the season, perhaps in response to last year’s overly enthusiastic baserunning, but the pendulum seems back at the gung-ho extreme. Once two people were out at home in one inning, that was clearly the ballgame, even though the Cano and Sheffield homers came later. 5 consecutive hits off Randy Johnson, for 1 run and 2 outs? UGH.
And Embree isn’t helping the cause any.
Great homer by Tek. Still can’t get used to the “C” on the jersey, but heck, a hot-hitting catcher is hard to find. Also good to know Renteria can hit, if only against lefties.
Meanwhile, I caught Pedro’s 8th inning and 10th K in his 1-0 win over the Marlins. Sigh. I like the whole “set up away, pitch in” breaking ball he and Piazza were doing in the last inning.