TORONTO — Underwhelming numbers against Blue Jays knuckleballer R.A. Dickey wasn’t the main reason Joe Girardi didn’t put Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann in Monday night’s starting lineup.
“A little bit but it’s more long days and long nights,’’ Girardi said of using Garrett Jones at first and John Ryan Murphy behind the plate to give Teixeira and McCann rest. “We are making sure those guys stay strong.’’
It wasn’t like Girardi deleted two smoking bats from his lineup against the fluttering pitches Dickey serves. McCann was 6-for-32 (.188) and Teixeira was at 4-for-19 (.211) versus Dickey.