- Strange outing from Tim Hudson. He had one bad inning, seven good ones, and lost. He also tossed just 87 pitches in eight innings and 90% of the time, he will get a W for his effort. The flyballs (eight) are a little high for him, possibly showing an inability to get his breaking stuff working as well as he wanted it, but still, without his best stuff, he was damn good.
- Derek Lowe must have heard me call him mediocre. Oops.
- I have been wrong about Willie Harris so far. Two hits, two stolen bases, a run scored...generally speaking, he was solid. Still think he's a pretty weak defender, but he's not in the lineup because of that.
- Steve Colyer has never been able to consistently get ahead of batters and really shouldn't be in the majors, but I guess Bobby need a lefthander to replace McBaseOnBalls (hat tip to Jenny, I think). When there was consideration at chopnation to keeping him with the team when the season began, I looked at his mediocre stats and hated the option. He's just not that good.
- Dave O'Brien says the Braves hitting is clutch. They went 3 for 15 with runners on and that includes a Diaz infield single where replays show that he was out.
- Scott Thorman gets a double off a lefthander. With Randy Wolf pitching tomorrow, Thorman will likely not play...but that double could make Cox think about the lineup at least for a second.
- Tyler Yates showed why walks can kill you. He got Russell Martin to fight a pitch off his fists, but it still scored a run because of his walk to Jeff Kent with one out.
- Why are saves absolutely useless? Saito comes into a save situation in which his team is winning 6-1. Yes, the bases were loaded, but jeez, he can give up two singles and still pick up a save. Instead, he gives up one single and he Gryboski's a pair of runs. Nicely done.
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