THIRTEEN FRIGGING STRIKEOUTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!
(do you think we would have caught a break if he only got 12?)
Our boy Tim came back in style with a masterful 8 inning, 5 hit, NO walk performance. Only one of those hits was well struck! And, of course, those lovely strikeouts. Once again, Tim closed out his day with a couple K's. Notice how often he does that?
Should he have been pulled? 96 pitches is up there but, as was just mentioned, he clearly still had dominating stuff. I think I would have left him out there. Here's why: (1) We have 2 days off next week, so Tim won't pitch for a week. If he went up to 115 pitches or so, at least you know he will get plenty of rest. (2) He had ZERO stressful innings and I think that is a HUGE consideration. (3) This team has nothing else going for it. I guess that last one is more of a fan's reason than a manager's.
Well I guess it is all academic when you can't score runs. Our offense is the same place that Nate Schierholtz is....That is his name, isn't it?
photo link: Interesting info about the number 13. Watch out for dinners with twelve guests.
Dude!
ReplyDeleteI was born on Friday the 13th!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ojeda, Jackson, Lopez, Tracy, Byrnes, Clark, Reynolds, Young, Montero, Qualls, Upton, Davis, Snyder: 13 D'Backs played the game today!!!!
ReplyDeleteFor the Giants, the staring 9 plus Affeldt and Wilson makes 11.
I was born on 11-13!!!!!
OMG!!!!!!!
The sad loss on Saturday was very reminiscent of many games last year. Good pitching, no offense, then a bullpen collapse.
ReplyDeleteStill, the brilliance of Timmy cancels out the negatives. All he had to do was coordinate his upper and lower torques. Nothing to it.