Top of the lineup, now or never.... or maybe just a later... like in the ninth.

OK, I'm not going to blame this loss on umpiring, but Bell's strike zone has been maddeningly inconsistent tonight.

 

That called strike 3 on Span was a ball for Pavano a few times, including a key at-bat with Pena that started the 3-run rally.

yuck. Gray is not pitching well again...

 

edit: and somehow they wriggle out of it.

Edited April 22, 201214 yr by Kirby_Waved_At_Me

Oh Jeff Gray, we hardly knew yee!

Hammer time

Congrats to Josh WIllingham on the 15 game hitting streak, tying Kirby Puckett for longest streak to start a season.

 

Also, nice to see Shields coming out of the game with a couple of runners on in the 9th!!

That was top shelf starting pitching by James Shields.

not to mention Fernando Rodney - his stuff was filthy.

Very frustrating loss. Hopefully Liriano can come up with his first good start of the season tomorrow and we can still win the series.

No loss is easy to swallow, but we got beat fair and square tonight. Shields was awesome. The Hometowners need to take it in the jaw and make it personal tomorrow.

on the radio Provus mentioned that Swarzak should be available out of the pen if needed on Sunday to help out Liriano. Hope that's not necessary.

No loss is easy to swallow' date=' but we got beat fair and square tonight. Shields was awesome. The Hometowners need to take it in the jaw and make it personal tomorrow.[/quote']

 

I agree. We got a solid start by Pavano. We need one of those rare Liriano starts tomorrow where he goes 7 innings of shutout pitching and 10 strikeouts.