Pittsburgh Series, July 20-22 -- Tastes Great, Less Filling
In the absence of individual game writeups, I'm instead going to do a series wrap-up.
Tastes Great:
Felipe Lopez--A pretty nice debut for your new team, 4 for 4 with a walk as well. He brings some positive things to this team, but I still say it's not enough to get them over the hump and into the playoffs. Having a consistent table-setter at the top will be big though.
Chris Smith--Didn't pitch all that well really, but him stepping up and beaning that wuss Jeff Karstens was big in my eyes.
Craig Counsell--6 hits in the series. He's a nice option to put in the #2 spot right now, as he takes pitches, handles the bat well, and most importantly has been performing well.
Ryan Braun--That late home run in the first game of the series seemed to jump-start him a bit, as he had 5 hits in the series and a couple home runs. His double with the bases loaded in the finale tied it up after the Brewers initially got down early.
Braden Looper--Probably his best game of the year in the middle game, going 7 shutout innings and looking very efficient in doing so.
Jason Kendall--I've been pretty critical of his skills and overall play this year, but he stepped up and showed a lot of fire and grit when Karstens started running his mouth. He was ready to go, including on "Dale Kerwin", the Pirates nobody of a pitching coach.
Casey McGehee--He's been battling a sore knee lately that has limited him, but he stepped right in Sunday and performed once again, including hitting a home run.
Less Filling:
Ken Macha--For once again acting like a wuss. After earlier this season going way too easy on umps, he tried way too hard to break up that ruckus and seemed to be apologetic towards that idiot "Dale Kerwin". Then after the game he kind of chastised his team and said he didn't like that kind of stuff.
Mike Burns--He's pitching about the way you'd expect, but that doesn't mean it's acceptable. I still blame Doug Melvin more than anything though for leaving Burns as the sixth best starter in the organization.
Jeff Suppan--After showing some solid signs of life the previous few outings, he was back to his old (read: crappy) self in failing to make it 4 innings and burying the Brewers early once again.
Seth McClung--He's looking worse and worse every time out there.
Tastes Great:
Felipe Lopez--A pretty nice debut for your new team, 4 for 4 with a walk as well. He brings some positive things to this team, but I still say it's not enough to get them over the hump and into the playoffs. Having a consistent table-setter at the top will be big though.
Chris Smith--Didn't pitch all that well really, but him stepping up and beaning that wuss Jeff Karstens was big in my eyes.
Craig Counsell--6 hits in the series. He's a nice option to put in the #2 spot right now, as he takes pitches, handles the bat well, and most importantly has been performing well.
Ryan Braun--That late home run in the first game of the series seemed to jump-start him a bit, as he had 5 hits in the series and a couple home runs. His double with the bases loaded in the finale tied it up after the Brewers initially got down early.
Braden Looper--Probably his best game of the year in the middle game, going 7 shutout innings and looking very efficient in doing so.
Jason Kendall--I've been pretty critical of his skills and overall play this year, but he stepped up and showed a lot of fire and grit when Karstens started running his mouth. He was ready to go, including on "Dale Kerwin", the Pirates nobody of a pitching coach.
Casey McGehee--He's been battling a sore knee lately that has limited him, but he stepped right in Sunday and performed once again, including hitting a home run.
Less Filling:
Ken Macha--For once again acting like a wuss. After earlier this season going way too easy on umps, he tried way too hard to break up that ruckus and seemed to be apologetic towards that idiot "Dale Kerwin". Then after the game he kind of chastised his team and said he didn't like that kind of stuff.
Mike Burns--He's pitching about the way you'd expect, but that doesn't mean it's acceptable. I still blame Doug Melvin more than anything though for leaving Burns as the sixth best starter in the organization.
Jeff Suppan--After showing some solid signs of life the previous few outings, he was back to his old (read: crappy) self in failing to make it 4 innings and burying the Brewers early once again.
Seth McClung--He's looking worse and worse every time out there.
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