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nateistheshi
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Like most of you, I want to see Casilla take his spot as the 8th inning set-up guy for the rest of the playoffs. I also however do still want to see Romo in a high leverage situation earlier in the game, just I'd prefer for now for him to face righties, since they own a collective .570 OPS against him. Bear in mind that he's 27 years old and still may get better. I don't think the situation in the game last night can get summed up any better than Baggs did here:
Giants: Sergio Romo isn't goat, after all
ATLANTA -- Until Brooks Conrad stole his horns, Sergio Romo was all set to be cast as the goat for Game 3.
And Giants manager Bruce Bochy would've been pilloried for allowing the matchup that ended with Eric Hinske's two-run home run off Romo in the eighth inning.
Instead, the box score included this funny line: Romo -- winning pitcher.
"Thank you, teammates," said Romo, accompanied by a deep exhale after the Giants rallied from their final strike for a 3-2 victory. "They picked me up. That was huge. They asked me to get a tough hitter out, and I couldn't do so tonight. But they kept fighting back. I love my team. I do. From the bottom of my heart."
Bochy went to Romo with one out in the eighth even though Jonathan Sanchez had a two-hit shutout and had thrown just 105 pitches. Braves manager Bobby Cox swapped pinch hitter Troy Glaus for a left-handed hitter, Hinske, who hit three pinch homers in the regular season.
Romo allowed six homers this year -- most among Giants relievers -- and he had given up singles to both batters he faced during the eighth-inning meltdown that cost them a victory in Game 2.
"I thought they might make a change," said Bochy, who also had left-hander Javier Lopez warm. "We thought, or I did, that Sanchez was at that point. "... Serge just made a mistake there, got the ball up, and they took advantage."
After Hinske's home run turned Turner Field into a maniacal scene, pitching coach Dave
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Righetti went out to visit Romo.
"He told me these next two outs are important," Romo said. "I was fortunate to get the next two guys out and kept it there. Our guys were heartbroken I guess, but they knew we still had a chance. It's tough to get three outs in this league, and basically, we were ready to rock."
The Giants tied it, Conrad made his third error of the night to hand them the lead -- and Romo was the most grateful man in Georgia.
"It's baseball. There's a reason why I love and hate this sport," he said. "It's unbelievable. There's ups and downs that you can't explain, things come out of the blue. And hey man, I got a win in the postseason."
Giants: Sergio Romo isn't goat, after all
ATLANTA -- Until Brooks Conrad stole his horns, Sergio Romo was all set to be cast as the goat for Game 3.
And Giants manager Bruce Bochy would've been pilloried for allowing the matchup that ended with Eric Hinske's two-run home run off Romo in the eighth inning.
Instead, the box score included this funny line: Romo -- winning pitcher.
"Thank you, teammates," said Romo, accompanied by a deep exhale after the Giants rallied from their final strike for a 3-2 victory. "They picked me up. That was huge. They asked me to get a tough hitter out, and I couldn't do so tonight. But they kept fighting back. I love my team. I do. From the bottom of my heart."
Bochy went to Romo with one out in the eighth even though Jonathan Sanchez had a two-hit shutout and had thrown just 105 pitches. Braves manager Bobby Cox swapped pinch hitter Troy Glaus for a left-handed hitter, Hinske, who hit three pinch homers in the regular season.
Romo allowed six homers this year -- most among Giants relievers -- and he had given up singles to both batters he faced during the eighth-inning meltdown that cost them a victory in Game 2.
"I thought they might make a change," said Bochy, who also had left-hander Javier Lopez warm. "We thought, or I did, that Sanchez was at that point. "... Serge just made a mistake there, got the ball up, and they took advantage."
After Hinske's home run turned Turner Field into a maniacal scene, pitching coach Dave
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Righetti went out to visit Romo.
"He told me these next two outs are important," Romo said. "I was fortunate to get the next two guys out and kept it there. Our guys were heartbroken I guess, but they knew we still had a chance. It's tough to get three outs in this league, and basically, we were ready to rock."
The Giants tied it, Conrad made his third error of the night to hand them the lead -- and Romo was the most grateful man in Georgia.
"It's baseball. There's a reason why I love and hate this sport," he said. "It's unbelievable. There's ups and downs that you can't explain, things come out of the blue. And hey man, I got a win in the postseason."
