Saturday, June 13, 2009

Hey! Who Turned Out The Lights?

If you had to nitpick on Scott Feldman this year, the one thing you could say is he hasn't pitched 7 innings as yet. It looked like that was about to change today as he towed the slab against the Dodgers.

Feldman was cruising through 5 innings (57 pitches) before something inexplicable happened; the lights at the Ballpark in Arlington malfunctioned. The game was delayed an hour and a half, and by the time play had resumed, Feldman's day was done. Feldman gave up 0 runs on 3 hits, 0 BBs, and 1 K. His WHIP is 1.17. His ERA is 3.70.

Jason Marquis didn't get his 9th win tonight, but that was through no fault of his own. Marquis left the game with a 3-1 lead before Manny Corpas relinquished that lead in the 8th, got a blown save, and also the win. Go figure. Marquis went 7 innings and gave up 1 run on 7 hits, 3 BBs, and 2 Ks. Also had an RBI walk with the bases loaded. His WHIP is 1.35. His ERA is 3.77.

Josh Whitesell was 1-3 with 1 BB, 1 double, and 1 RBI against the Astros.

Kevin Youkilis was 0-3 with 3 BBs and 1 run scored against the Phillies.

Ian Kinsler was 1-4 against the Dodgers.

Ryan Braun was 0-4 against the White Sox.

Scott Schoeneweis returned to action for the D-Backs and picked up right where he left off. He pitched 2/3 of an inning of scoreless relief against the Astros. His WHIP is 1.32. His ERA is 2.38. Here's hoping the baseball diamond offers Scott some catharsis.

2 comments:

William J. Tasker said...

Was really happy to see Schoeneweis do well. You have to pull for a guy who went through what he did.

Thanks for clearing up what happened with Feldman. I read the box score and wondered why his outing was so short.

The neat thing about your blog, Josh, is that after reading for a while, these guys have become regulars for my interest and I root for them all because of your writing and observations.

Josh Borenstein said...

Wow, that's pretty neat. Makes it all worthwhile when I hear something like that.