Not too poorly. Here is a look at the numbers from the last 6 games from our starters (Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum, and Chad Gaudin. Of course, we have had Barry Zito as a starter, and now he is not and we have Ryan Vogelsong back again. Among our mainstays:
Matt Cain Madison Bumgarner Tim Lincecum Chad Gaudin
IP H R IP H R IP H R IP H R
0.2 2 3 7 3 2 7 6 3 5 3 1
5 4 2 7 4 2 9 0 0 7 3 0
7 6 1 7 5 1 3.2 9 8 3.2 7 6
8 6 1 8 4 0 7 4 2 7 4 1
7 4 2 7 1 1 7 6 1 6.1 4 1
7 5 3 7 5 4 8 1 0 5 2 1
Sure, there have been some stinkers in there, but all in all, our starting has been not that bad. In that time period, Matt has been 2-3, Madison 3-2, Tim 2-2 and Chad 3-1. That tells me that it has been the hitting and relief that have been the problems du jour lately. You can turn it around and finish strong. Start any time, guys.
3 comments:
There is no reason that these guys could not have all been 5-1 in these games except Madison could have been 6-0. No, we are not hitting.
It has been the same all season. If they hit, they don't pitch. If they pitch, they don't hit. They have not been able to all pull on the same rope in the same direction at the same time. Meanwhile, the Dodgers are 20-3 since July 19th.
I would like to see Cain, Lincecum, and Bumgarner get some extra days off. And I would like to see a few more starts for the rooks.
Yeah, our periods of good starting pitching has largely coincided with periods of poor relief, and vice versa. You could probably break this down over the season (future project!) and find stretchs of time when one thing or another particularly brought the team down. It would be interesting in a sort of morbid - wallow-in-your-misery sort of way.
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