Lesson Of The Day
April 14th, 2008 by ubelmann
Twins pitchers on the day: 8 IP, 39 batters faced, 1 strikeout, 0 walks, 1 HR
Tigers hitters: 4 doubles, 2 triples, 1 HR
If you consistently allow good hitters to put the ball in play, you're going to have some ugly days. This was one of those days. That's why everyone thought Silva was inconsistent, and that's why Blackburn (who now sits at 5.6 K/9 in 2007, and 5.6 K/9 in his minor league career) will ultimately be considered an inconsistent pitcher.
Fortunately, tomorrow is a new day, hopefully a day filled with Scott Baker strikeouts.
Rhubarb_Runner replied on April 15, 2008 at 6:03:20 am
I'm writing these last two losses off due to cold weather. For sanity's sake.
Big Mak replied on April 15, 2008 at 8:47:42 am
Also, the Twins didn't follow my plan. More grand slams, dammit!
socaltwinsfan replied on April 15, 2008 at 10:28:50 am
It's hard to get to strike three when you can't get to strike two consistently. Blackburn was consistently behind in the count early in the game, but the Tigers were helping him out by swinging at bad pitches anyways.
Also, I felt Silva was pretty consistent. He had the one poor year, but the other three were pretty good. He rarely dominated, but he could be counted on to keep the team in the game and give them a chance to win. You rarely felt comfortable with him on the mound because he had so many base runners, but he usually did pretty well at limiting the damage and seemed to be able to get a ground ball more often than not when he needed a double play.