“The line on Trevor Rosenthal,” began the official scorer in the Busch Stadium press box, “is no innings pitched …”
This, of course, is a cruel quirk of baseball scoring because he, indeed, pitched an infuriating inning — so bad, in fact, he didn’t even get credit for pitching in one at all.
Now, right away, this wasn’t one of those multi-walk Rosenthal blowups. But Saturday’s loss sprouted from his mental error in the field, an opposite-field hit allowed and then a hit batter.
The Cardinals closer was replaced in the ninth inning before he could record an out.