Emmet Sheehan has been a guy the Los Angeles Dodgers have trusted all year long to provide the team with quality innings.
Despite the bullpen inconsistencies throughout the year, no one batted an eye when Sheehan was inserted into the eighth inning in Game 2 of the Wild Card series versus the Cincinnati Reds.
With an 8-2 lead, most presumed that Sheehan would provide a ho-hum outing — shutting down the Reds en route to a victory. That didn’t exactly go to plan for the pitcher or the ballclub. Sheehan had a rough go of it coming out of the beleaguered ‘pen.