Justin Germano: Germano didn’t have his usual pinpoint control and, predictably, he paid the price. 4 ER in 5 IP and once again Bud Black left a pitcher in after it was obvious he was cooked because he was due up in the bottom of the inning. I don’t understand the reluctance to go with a relief pitcher when you’ve got Kevin Cameron and Justin Hampson sitting around for weeks. So what if you burn Cameron for only one or two out? He’s not going to get in the game otherwise.
Justin Hampson: Hampson gets in the game anyway thanks to Germano’s collapse. Hampson was fine in 2 innings of mop up work.
Scott Linebrink: The Padres came back and tied it up so Linebrink came in and pitched a little better than his line would indicate. The Guillen strikeout was huge.
Trevor Hoffman: Trevor pitched the ninth to preserve the tie, no problems here.
Heath Bell: Bell was dominant, 3 ground ball outs.
Cla Meredith: For the second night in a row Cla gave up a home run. Cla has really struggled with keeping the ball low lately. When he’s at the knees or lower he’s unhittable but just a few inches higher and it’s like batting practice. I hate to say it but Cla shouldn’t be used in high leverage situations until he gets it worked out. Get Kevin Cameron in there in these situations, or Brocail.
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1 Geoff Young // Jun 8, 2007 at 11:54 pm
I had a bad feeling when Ibanez came up. He’s a similar type of hitter to Luis Gonzalez, and I feared what might happen if Cla elevated a pitch. Sure enough, Ibanez pounced all over the mistake.
2 Didi // Jun 11, 2007 at 9:47 am
Yup, why not use Kevin Cameron and Justin Hampson more often? I think this may yet by Bud’s achilles heal this season, his reluctance to use all his pitchers. What’s the use of carrying 12 arms if two of those are designated moper-upper (some may argue that Brocail can be the third one of these)?
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