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Are these the three most bizarre appearances to start a season by a pitcher, ever?
-Opening night, Bedard enters the game with two outs in the 6th, runners on first & second, Astros up two. He gets out of the inning, then proceeds to finish the game, working 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball for a well earned 1970's style save. It will probably end up being the highest quality save of the season, old school fireman Goose Gossage style.
-In his first start of the season, the Astros spot Bedard a 6-run lead before he ever toes the rubber. After allowing one hit over four innings of work, Bo Porter lifts Bedard after 66 pitches, figuring he can get his bullpen some work with a 13 run lead. Interestingly, this was the second time Porter did not allow baseball's sometimes silly pitcher decision rules factor into his decision making. Bedard was pitching well in the opener, so Porter left him in to finish the game. The game was well in hand in this second case, but Porter decided giving his starter an easy, stress free night was more important than sending him out needlessly for one more inning in order to earn a win.
-Start #2 for Bedard is the complete opposite of start #1. Bedard gets rocked for six runs in the first, walking four and getting the hook after .1 innings of work.
-Opening night, Bedard enters the game with two outs in the 6th, runners on first & second, Astros up two. He gets out of the inning, then proceeds to finish the game, working 3.1 innings of scoreless baseball for a well earned 1970's style save. It will probably end up being the highest quality save of the season, old school fireman Goose Gossage style.
-In his first start of the season, the Astros spot Bedard a 6-run lead before he ever toes the rubber. After allowing one hit over four innings of work, Bo Porter lifts Bedard after 66 pitches, figuring he can get his bullpen some work with a 13 run lead. Interestingly, this was the second time Porter did not allow baseball's sometimes silly pitcher decision rules factor into his decision making. Bedard was pitching well in the opener, so Porter left him in to finish the game. The game was well in hand in this second case, but Porter decided giving his starter an easy, stress free night was more important than sending him out needlessly for one more inning in order to earn a win.
-Start #2 for Bedard is the complete opposite of start #1. Bedard gets rocked for six runs in the first, walking four and getting the hook after .1 innings of work.
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