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But that's when Mock let the trouble catch him. All game, before the fifth, he had relied on double plays -- three in four innings -- to slip away from jams. This time around, the jam intensified and Mock faltered. After Emmanuel Burriss opened the inning with a hit, mistakes snowballed: Burriss stole second only because second baseman Willie Harris lost the ball while applying the tag. Mock's velocity dropped. He was called for a balk. He walked three of his final four batters.
"Just the business side of it, if the team gives you a three-run lead, you don't go and walk a couple guys in the fifth inning," Mock said.
"Other than just running out of gas there, whether because of the weather or because he was excited, I think he handled it well," Acta said. "He's a guy I like because he's got that attitude, that aura, like he's good enough, he belongs, he walks around like he belongs here. And I like that kind of stuff."
With a 3-1 lead, and with the bases loaded, Mock walked off the mound.
His replacement, right-hander Saúl Rivera, didn't finish the inning until he had allowed two hits and all three inherited runners to score. That lifted San Francisco to a 4-3 lead. The Washington bullpen would let it grow. The Washington offense lacked the means to recover.
Asked later how he would assess his debut, Mock answered with two words. "A loss," he said.
While he cleaned out his locker, nameplate already removed, Mock still didn't know when he was returning to Columbus -- though his demotion had been announced just minutes earlier.
"I have no idea," he said. "I guess when they hand me a piece of paper saying your flight is at this time. Then I'll go to the airport. Hopefully, I'm not missing it right now."
