Victor Vodnik implodes in ninth inning Thursday
by David Leisering | Rockies Correspondent | Fri, Apr 24th 10:02am EDT
Victor Vodnik suffered his second blown save of the season as he allowed five runs on four hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning on Thursday.
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Vodnik entered with two outs and runners on first and second in the eighth and promptly struck out Fernando Tatis, Jr. to preserve an 8-5 lead. However, things unraveled quickly in the ninth as he walked Jackson Merrill to lead off the inning and then gave up three straight singles as the Padres cut the lead to 8-7. Gavin Sheets followed with the big blow, launching a three-run homer to give San Diego the lead for good. Vodnik is now 0-2 with a 7.59 ERA and three saves in five chances. He has just an 8:6 K:BB ratio and has allowed nine runs on 17 hits in 10.2 innings. Colorado is a much-improved team from last year, so whomever has the closer's gig will have some opportunities this season. A change may be forthcoming - however, Juan Mejia (6.17 ERA, 1.97 WHIP) has not been overly impressive either. Jimmy Herget (1.50 ERA, 0.83 WHIP), who is currently on paternity leave, has been solid, but has been used lately as an opener when Chase Dollander is scheduled to pitch. That could leave a darkhorse candidate, Antonio Senzatela (0.55 ERA, 0.73 WHIP) as a possibility - should the Rockies decide to make a switch.
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