Springman Follow-up
It's 0-0 in the top of the sixth right now and Jake McKinley is downright lights out, having the night Phil Springman wish he had Friday before things unraveled and a 16-0 Outlaw loss crashed down from the sky. There was little question Springman was physically bogged down and affected by an internal circumstance.
He looked like a flu victim sitting at his locker stall with a towel over his head, mouth open and dazed look on his face. He looked much more full of like when we talked before tonight's game and he let on that dehydration had dogged him in three-inning start that was the shortest of his two-year professional career.
“It was dehydration,” Springman said. “My delivery was wobbly. I wasn’t following through swiftly with my pitches.
“It didn’t feel that hot when I first went out there. I don’t know how I could have prevented it. I’ll do whatever I can not to let it happen again, that’s all I know.”