John Lackey gave up nine runs on 13 hits over five innings against he Orioles on Saturday afternoon. His ERA with the Cardinals? 8.25.
Despite giving up three homers to the hot hitting O’s, Lackey refused to give Caleb Joseph credit for belting a dinger in his fifth consecutive game. That’s a “Baltimore home run” Lackey said after the game according to MLB.com’s Jenifer Langosch.
The ball was hit 383 feet. According to HitTrackerOnline.com, it would have been a homer in Fenway Park too (where Lackey pitched the last four seasons) — by a lot more.
Busch Stadium? Lackey would have only given up a deep fly ball there.
Lackey is the biggest a-hole in baseball. He’s probably pissed that there’s not a KFC near the stadium after he got his ass lit up there yesterday.
If that was a “Baltimore home run” then I would like to know what the two rockets by Young and Cruz were?
I hate Lackey as much as the next right thinking baseball fan, but that dinger would have hit the Monster at Fenway.