Colby’s first loss. 374 comments


On his fifteenth start of the season, in the seventy-second game of the year, Colby Lewis showed he was human. He surrendered two three-run innings in just five innings of work, for his first loss of the season, leaving the game with a tricep cramp. Let’s hope the news on his arm is a lot better than the outcome of the game.

On his fifteenth start of the season, in the seventy-second game of the year, Colby Lewis showed he was human. He surrendered two three-run innings for his first loss of the season, leaving the game with a tricep cramp. Let’s hope the news on his arm is a lot better than the outcome of the game.

 

Colby is human after all.

The six million dollar man is, well, a man.

He’s been scientifically rebuilt in the hip, shoulder and elbow. He has survived a line drive off the head, hip replacement surgery, and worse of all, years in Oakland.

But the inevitable was eventually inevitiable.

He is not Mr. Perfect.

Colby Lewis has been pretty much unstoppable all season long. He entered Tuesday night’s game at 6-0 with an ERA of just 2.81.

He was, statistically, better than Cole Hamels.

But nobody stays perfect forever, like Colby showed last game when he was perfect for seven-and-two-thirds of an inning, and like Colby also showed last night when he left the game after five innings trailing 6-2 to Cincinnati.

The final score ended up being 8-2. Colby ended up with his first loss. His ERA ended up north of 3.00. And Colby’s tricep ended up with a cramp painful enough to warrant taking him out.

Cross your fingers and hope it’s nothing more than a cramp.

Because Cyborg’s quest for Cy Young has been a joy to watch. It would be a shame if they had to call him back to the lab for more rebuilding.

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TODAY’S GAME:

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Dan Straily (4-3, 3.66) vs. Cole Hamels (7-1, 2.88)
Game time: 7:05 pm

How the Reds hit against Hamels.
How the Rangers hit against Straily.