Up by 7 and two outs from a shutout in his first ML start, it was a travesty to pull him. How many players can lay claim to pitching a shutout in their first ML start? A select few. You leave him in until he loses the shutout. Obviously. Are we honestly to the point where we have to worry about damaging his confidence if you leave him out there and he gives up a 3-run bomb? This aint little league. These are grown men. Except on this team they're coddled grown men.