Sick To Lose
Not that starting pitcher Phil Springman would have enjoyed his three-inning outing that resulted in five runs, eight hits and the lighting of the Long Beach wildfire anyway, but it didn't help that he felt physically disgusted all night. At his stool in the clubhouse with a towel on his head draped over dazed eyes afterward, Springman seemed overwhelmed by nausea.
“I’ve had a concussion before and it kind of felt like that,” said Springman, who dropped to 2-1 on the year. “I didn’t feel good out there at all. I don’t what it is. I just wish it didn’t happen and I didn’t pitch this way in a game like this.
"I felt real dizzy, real weak. With the heat and everything else, I was totally uncomfortable out there. I never reached any kind of groove."
Manager Mark Parent couldn't pinpoint what might have been affecting Springman and is anxious to hear what team trainer April Ross can maybe find out about the potential ailment.
"We'll have April look at him," Parent said. "It's hard to tell. He had some dizziness."