[Game 13: White Sox 12, RAYS 2] Not the getaway we had planned
By Scott Caruso | April 19th, 2009 | Posted in Game Recap
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Ugh.
Matt Garza… clearly didn’t have his good stuff today. (Of course, you don’t need me to tell you that. You come here for the expert analysis, right?) I’m pretty sure that if you put a pair of way-out-of-prescription bifocals on a 74-year-old woman who had never thrown a baseball in her life, she might have had close to the same command that Mean Matty had today. Oh, did I mention that the woman had polio as a child and is unable to raise either arm above her belly-button?
Adding Injury to Insult: The Bossman (Junior) left the game with a tweak in his quad. Personally, I think he just didn’t want to hang around for this bloodbath. After the sick-nasty catches he’s been making this week, he’s allowed to take a seat.
(In all seriousness, the injury isn’t thought to be too hardcore, and he will likely be back for the Seattle series.)
Let’s see, something good, something good… Oh, yeah! Ben Zobrist continues to mash. Am I the only one who thinks that maybe HE should be the regular right fielder? At least until he stops hitting, anyways.
What does 6 hits in 1 1/3 innings look like? Ask Lance Cormier. To me, it looks like a ticket to Durham in the near future.
Troy Percival… has now allowed 8 baserunners in 3 2/3 innings. Yes, you should be concerned. Very, very concerned.
Sanity check… Before anyone starts jumping off of the Long Bridge Check Gas, the Rays are still keeping pace with the Red Sox and Yankees, and the Blue Jays aren’t going to win 10 out of every 14 games all season long. It’s as simple as that.
April 19th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I completely agree with the sanity check, BUT I am incredibly concerned about our pitching. I expect suckage from Sonny on occasion, and on a regular basis from whoever our 5th starter is (I expect it to change soon). Garza and Kaz, however, need to keep us in the game. This is the American League after all; you’re going to give up runs. Yankee-esqe performances of 10+ runs a game in consecutive games is terrifying to me.
BTW, what the HELL happened to the bullpen?
April 20th, 2009 at 6:44 am
I think that when we dump a couple of dead wood pitchers and bring up Price and Izzy you can put Niemann in the Pen for long relieve it will take shape