Wanting to feel like it was a relief appearance, Lee asked Snitker to call bullpen coach Drew French to summon him into the game - even though it hadn't started yet.Īll eight position players were on the field when Lee ran in from the bullpen, wearing bright red spikes. “I told my fiancée and her family and my family that they should come a little early to the game,” he said. “He probably wouldn’t have gotten any sleep because people have been texting him and his phone would have been going off all night.”Īfter finding out he was making his first start at any level since July 23, 2017, a five-inning outing for Class A Greensboro against Asheville, Lee passed the stunning development on to fiancée Courtney White. The delayed notification of Lee was intentional. Snitker was short on starters because of Charlie Morton’s broken leg and planned bullpen nights for Games 4 and 5. “His command was off a little bit than what I’ve seen before, which is understandable,” Snitker said. In his first start at any level in more than four years, Lee didn't get a decision and walked away with a 9.00 ERA in two Series outings. Lee made his major league debut 29 days earlier and his resume consisted of 80 pitches to 21 batters, just 29 to nine hitters during the regular season. “Your first start in the big leagues is going to be in a World Series game, are you kidding me?”
“My God, we put him in an unbelievable situation,” Snitker said.
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