OLSEN left in the 5th the other night:
Florida built a 5-0 lead by the third inning, capped by Boone's two-run shot, and took no chances when starter
Scott Olsen struggled with his control.
Olsen was yanked in the fifth after giving up a two-run single to
Jeff Francoeur, having walked five in 4 1-3 innings. He left with a 5-2 lead, but didn't pitch long enough to qualify for the win. "You owe it to the other 24 guys," Gonzalez said. "You would love to have given him the opportunity, but it was one of those gut feelings, you know?"
Justin Miller got out of further trouble in the fifth and
Kevin Gregg escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth.
Olsen was tightlipped about being yanked just two outs short of qualifying for a win.
"Not my call," he kept repeating over and over, though he did concede, "My control was bad on every ball I threw, for the most part."
Gonzalez wasn't concerned about shaking Olsen's confidence. "We'll keep building on it," the manager said. "Here's a 23-year old kid that we need to get better. We will and he will."