Friar Watch

Justin Germano: Not a bad outing at all for Germano, 6 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, but more importantly 4 K and 1 BB. Germano’s strikeout rate is slowly creeping up to an acceptable level. he did give up a home run but overall pitched well.
Cla Meredith: Another nice outing for The Claw. […]

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Yeah, I know I’m slacking. The biggest series of the year and not only am I late, I have all three games in one post. I’ll try to make this quick so I can get caught up.
Game 1
Greg Maddux: The Professor pitched a great game considering the opposition. He really deserved a […]

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Jake Peavy: This game reminded me why I don’t like American League baseball. 12-6 is just not a good outcome for a baseball game, no matter who wins. Nevertheless, a win is a win so we’ll take it. Jake pitched very well, much better than his line would indicate and his line […]

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Chris Young: Young looked great in the early going. He was working very quickly and was obviously in a groove; he looked like he had the stuff to take another no hit bid into the late innings. Unfortunately a high fastball got away from him and hit Derek Lee, igniting an brawl that […]

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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 […]

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Jake Peavy: Jake didn’t have his best stuff tonight, it seemed like he had trouble locating his slider and it didn’t have the usual bite. He had trouble with his slider in his last start as well, I mentioned in the Game Notes that I suspect arm problems and tonight did nothing to dispel […]

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I don’t have much to say about these games, they’re on the east coast so I haven’t been able to watch the game. On top of that there’s no Enhanced Gameday data so nothing to analyze.
5/29
David Wells was fine, 2 earned runs in 5 IP.
Meredith gave up a rare home run in one […]

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Greg Maddux: Maddux just wasn’t able to locate and when he can’t locate it’s like batting practice for the opposition. The first two innings were especially bad, pitches that normally catch the outer edge of the plate were drifting into the heart of the plate and not sinking, pretty much the worst possible place. […]

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Chris Young: Well he gave up 5 runs but I don’t think he pitched all that badly. Terrmel Sledge badly misplayed a bases loaded deep fly ball off the bat of Pujols. Only one run scored, same as if Sledge had caught the ball, but the failure to get the out was […]

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David Wells: Boomer has not had a lot of success this season but today he was at least able to minimize the damage for 5 innings. Unfortunately Bud Black once again tried to get a little too much out of a visibly tired pitcher and had Wells come out to start the 6th. […]

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