18 innings. Strategically, I have to question the benefits of blowing out pitching staffs to get the “win”.
If I was managing, I would have thrown the game and saved my pitching staff for the rest of the season; this could have a negative domino effect for both teams.
My 2 cents...
Rays have 16 pitchers on their current roster of 34 players.
Two relief pitchers did not pitch last nite.
impossible to blow out a 16-man pitching staff .... just disrupts it for a few days.
Baltimore was playing for its life last nite. They have a 16-man staff, too, and did not use their other 4 starters.
Norris had not pitched in 12 days & then comes back and gets thrown into that situation:
Bud Norris injury: Orioles RHP scratched from Friday start - SB Nation
www.sbnation.com/.../bud-norris-injury-elbow-orioles-scratch-friday-hammel
Sep 12, 2013 ... The right-hander is dealing with some elbow discomfort.