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Pitching Meltdown
Jun. 16th, 2008 08:26 pmBartolo Colon set the pace, unfortunately, by giving up a home run to the first batter in the first inning. Not satisfied with that, he gave up another home run (this time with a runner on) before the end of the first inning.
And he gave up another one before straining his back swinging for the fences at a pitch he had no chance of hitting (stupid interleague play).
Lopez did okay for an inning, but then Tito brought in Mike Timlin. Mike started the year injured, but he hasn't looked good at all when he's played. He wasn't fooling anybody, and the Phillies just laid into him for four runs over only two outs. David Aardsma (no, that's not a typographical error) finished the sixth, and did okay in the seventh as well.
Now we've got Hideki Okajima on the mound, who was phenomenal last year and somewhat pathetic this year. Last year, he was the set-up guy for Papelbon, but this year he's been allowing inherited runners to score, and giving up plenty of runs of his own (an ERA of 8.00 over the previous ten games).
Hey! A 1-2-3 inning for Okie!
But we're still down 8-2. Not looking good, and not looking like we've even got a handle on the problem.
And he gave up another one before straining his back swinging for the fences at a pitch he had no chance of hitting (stupid interleague play).
Lopez did okay for an inning, but then Tito brought in Mike Timlin. Mike started the year injured, but he hasn't looked good at all when he's played. He wasn't fooling anybody, and the Phillies just laid into him for four runs over only two outs. David Aardsma (no, that's not a typographical error) finished the sixth, and did okay in the seventh as well.
Now we've got Hideki Okajima on the mound, who was phenomenal last year and somewhat pathetic this year. Last year, he was the set-up guy for Papelbon, but this year he's been allowing inherited runners to score, and giving up plenty of runs of his own (an ERA of 8.00 over the previous ten games).
Hey! A 1-2-3 inning for Okie!
But we're still down 8-2. Not looking good, and not looking like we've even got a handle on the problem.
