No. 14, Encarnacion/Sojo - The Baseball Thread continues

You guys wanna do some play-by-play so the Cubs and Mets fans have something to wake up to?

 

Rodney goes to 3-2 on Swisher with no outs in the bottom of the ninth in an 8-3 game.

 

Not for this game I don't want to.

 

The Marlins went 2-1 at Philly the past three days and the Mets did the same at home against the Padres. The records are the same, but the Marlins gained in that transaction.

 

You sure? Swisher just doubled to lead off the inning.

Think of the historical repercussions if we transcribed a Chicago comeback.

 

I'm not going to jinx it. If the Tigers do blow this game, I think Leyland will quit -- immediately.

 

I hope they bring Trammell back.

 

Rodney should really get a save for holding onto that five-run lead. I mean it. He's terrible.

 

Kip Wells feels left out.

 

Up in the booth, Lemke and Van Wieren are having a Charley Steiner-esque laughing fit right now -- trying to pronounce the name of Ooltewah, Tennessee. It's been a loooong week, and a long season, for the Braves.

 

Can't argue with that, much as I'd like to. Mets can't be feeling too good about this three-gamer coming up against the Marlins, either. They've got Brian Stokes starting the middle game in Maine's spot. That's Brian (4.41 ERA at New Orleans) Stokes.

 

Anybody else think that Scott Kazmir might be hitting the wall? His July-August numbers worry me, as does the opponents' elevated production in the fifth and sixth innings.

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I Split         G  GS GF  W  L  S CG SHO   IP    ERA   H   R   ER HR  BB IBB  SO HBP
+-+------------+---+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+-----+------+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+
   May            6  6  0  5  1  0  0   0  37     1.22  22   6   5  0  13   0  38   0 
   June           5  5  0  2  2  0  0   0  30     3.60  24  13  12  5  11   1  34   0 
   July           5  5  0  1  2  0  0   0  28     4.18  29  13  13  3  11   1  33   1 
   August         2  2  0  0  0  0  0   0   9     7.00  12   7   7  2   9   0   9   0 

 I Split         G   PA   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS Pk   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+----+----+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
   May            6  143  128   6  22  8  0  0  13   0  38   0   0   2   0   1   3  1  1  .172  .245  .234  .479  .239    32    41 May          
   June           5  124  111  13  24  6  0  5  11   1  34   0   1   1   0   0   0  1  1  .216  .285  .405  .690  .260    83    98 June         
   July           5  122  106  13  29  8  2  3  11   1  33   1   3   1   1   1   1  0  1  .274  .345  .472  .816  .366   114   135 July         
   August         2   48   39   7  12  4  1  2   9   0   9   0   0   0   0   0   0  0  0  .308  .438  .615 1.053  .357   180   202 August       

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 I Split         G   PA   AB   R   H  2B 3B HR  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS Pk   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+----+----+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
   1st inning    18   70   61   4   9  3  0  2   8   0  19   0   0   1   0   0   3  0  1  .148  .243  .295  .538  .171    42    56 1st inning   
   2nd inning    18   68   58   1   7  4  0  0   8   0  24   1   0   1   0   0   0  1  2  .121  .235  .190  .425  .200    22    26 2nd inning   
   3rd inning    18   76   70   9  19  7  2  1   4   0  26   0   1   1   0   0   0  0  0  .271  .307  .471  .778  .409   104   122 3rd inning   
   4th inning    18   74   69   6  17  3  0  1   4   0  14   0   1   0   0   0   1  0  0  .246  .288  .333  .621  .296    62    80 4th inning   
   5th inning    17   80   65  12  20  7  1  3  13   1  17   0   2   0   1   1   0  0  0  .308  .423  .585 1.008  .378   164   190 5th inning   
   6th inning    10   41   35   4   9  1  0  2   5   1   4   0   0   1   0   1   0  1  0  .257  .341  .457  .799  .233   104   130 6th inning   

I know he's supposed to be the ace of the staff, but at this point I'm much more comfortable with Garza on the mound.