Sergio Romo defended the anteroom for the first time in his career in the Majors

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We have already referred on other occasions to the use of the baseball strategy by the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays, Kevin Cash. And is to stay on the winning route in a group like the Eastern Division of the American League, where Red Sox and Yankees are the teams to defeat, you have to use everything you have at hand. Or lose. And in Major League baseball this is not an option very well received by any team.

During the afternoon session on Wednesday, the boys from Tampa Bay played the third game against, precisely, the Mulos del Bronx as part of a series that was tied to a win by side. And with a timely offensive and pitching performance of 6 of his pitchers took their 52nd win of the year. And so tied the match against the Yankees to 6 wins per side during 2018.

But let's talk about strategy. With the game 3 for 1 in favor of the locals in the 8th episode, Cash brought in replacement of José Alvarado, one of his most reliable letters in the last years, the Mexican Sergio Romo, who despite supporting a sacrifice high of Giancarlo Stanton, who reduced the lead to the minimum, managed to strike out Gleyber Torres and finish the inning without further complications. In the 9th, in the presence of Greg Bird in the batting box, Cash began to move his chips: moved his third baseman Matt Duffy to shortstop by Willy Adames, brought left-hander Johnny Venters to the hill to face Bird and sent the defense of the anteroom to ... Romo?

So is. All with the main objective of continuing to count on the arm of Romo for what was left of the match. In the end, Venters dominated Bird with a shot at the middle, Sergio returned to the mound, managed to get the remaining two outs, got his 12th save of the season, won the Rays and the crowd of Tropicana Field went home happy . Above all, knowing part of the story, because "El Mechón" played third base today, for the first time in his 11-year career at the Gran Carpa.