Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Leaving a Sour Taste in Your Mouth

I attended tonights game and left in disgust when Travis Haffner hit a 3 run bomb off of Garland in the 8th with his pitch count nearing 115. The decision to leave him in there to start the 8th was questionable, but after giving up a single to lead off the inning he should have been removed. Up until then, Garland had pitched a hell of a game holding the Indians to just 2 runs through 7+. He got out of numerous jams, including inducing a ground ball for a double-play with the bases loaded somewhere in the late-middle innings. He seemed to labor through it a bit, but he held the Indians down, keeping the Sox within reach. Heading into the 8th Garland had thrown just over 100 pitches. Having only surrendered 2 runs, he did his job. The offense couldn't score to help him out, so cut your losses and make the call to the pen. Or leave him in there to face a guy who we have gotten out about 3 times this entire series so he can hit a 3 run homer to put the game out of reach. Not that this would apply tonight with how we hit the ball, but Ozzie has cost this team more W's than he can be credited with helping earn.
The most aggravating part of the game was that our guys were shut down by another mediocre pitcher, popping up more balls in a single game than I have ever seen in my life. They all looked like they were trying to hit 5-run homers with nobody on base. Their best chance to score came in the 2nd when they got men on 1st and 2nd with nobody out. They followed that up with 3 pop-outs to end the inning. I found out after arriving home that the final was 8-0 Tribe. After last nights win, tonights game was just disgusting to watch.

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