These things have really written themselves this year, no?
Ricky Romero, the Blue Jays ace who has seldom needed help in shutting down his opponents this season, needed his bullpen to do exactly that against the Yankees this afternoon in the 7th inning of a game that the Jays were winning. The lefty had held the Yankees offense to 3 runs over than span on 8 hits, but was tiring after having thrown 112 pitches, leaving the mound after hitting Curtis Granderson and walking A-Rod with 2 outs.
Well, you know where this is going. Called on to record the final out of the inning and hold the lead, Casey Janssen could do no such thing, allowing both runners to score on a double by Robinson Cano, and then giving up a single to Nick Swisher to give the Yankees a 6-4 lead that they would not give up for the final two frames.
You’ll see Ricky Romero saddled with his 10th loss of the season as a result of the little ‘pen blowup, but the Jays relievers have demonstrated on multiple oc...
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