Embrace the Opening Day Chaos
Mar 30 2025
Opening day chaos. Every year, someone is getting blown up because the command is not quite perfect, or because the situation created a mismatch, or the weather is bad, or something. Just one game. If your guy didn't get it done, shake it off, come back tomorrow.
But we can look and see what the situation demanded and what relievers the managers used for those situations. So let's do some of that--starting with the Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers.
Boston 5, Texas 2 F
| TEX | IP | H | ER | K/BB | HR |
| Robert Garcia (L) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| Luke Jackson | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 1/1 | 1 (L) |
| Shawn Armstrong | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Texas had things line up pretty well in a 2-2 tie going into the seventh inning. Lefty Robert Garcia (LHP, TEX) walked two but got two outs and Chris Martin (RHP,...
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