We have hit two of the hottest pitchers in our previous two series finales. Starting with Gallardo in the finale in Milwaukee with his unreal performance and ending with Cueto in the this finale.
Cueto went 8 innings giving up a mere 4 singles and striking out 9. Although unlike in the game vs. Gallardo, Cueto did not have to homer to give his team the necessary run support.
Karstens didn't have it today. He worked slow, walked 4. 95 pitches through 5 innings just ain't gettin it done.
The upside from the pitchers point of view is that we may have found some sort of a long reliever. We have all heard the one complaint from our bullpen this year-- other than Yates, is that if our starter's don't keep going deep into games then we will have a very big problem dealing with a lot of short inning men that will need to eat up long innings. Even if a starter goes down with a minor injury early in the game, say the 3rd inning, our bullpen would be in disarray for the next handful of games. Evan Meek may have solved some of that problem after going 3 innings and only giving up one hit, although he did walk 2. Chavoo threw a scoreless 9th
Andy LaRoche lead the team with 2 singles. That's about all that happened.
Notes
- Freddy looked awful today going 0-4, striking out twice.
- Gallardo vs. Mahom Tomorrow; better wake the bats up, gonna be a helluva game.
- Ovechkin is a douche-- Go Pens
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