The stat on my title says it all: we left 11 men on base, and none of them came home... we got on, but we couldn't drive them home, simple as that...
There's not a lot I can really say about the game: Mussina goes 5+ innings, yielding 8 hits and 4 runs, including the HR to Emil Brown that knocked Mussina out of the game... I don't know what to make of his 1st performance back, he didn't look particularly sharp, though he threw 58 strikes out of 86 pitches... but I can give him the shadow of a doubt because it's his first performance back...
The two things that I found impressive were:
1. Brian Bruney... he's still 24, pitched another impressive outing today, striking out 1 in one inning of work, reaching up to 97/98 mph on his fastball...
Did I also mention that he has 13 strikeouts in 8.1 innings? That's... pretty good for a 24-year-old... pretty good...
Just wondering, is it Cashman's job to make other teams (especially the Nationals and D'Backs) look foolish? Rasner and Bruney look like the Small/Chacon pick-ups of last year: small under-the-radar pick-ups that can help the yankees... except Rasner and Bruney are both young and the up-side for both of them are greater than that of Small and Chacon...
Small/Chacon: helped at the moment... Ranser/Bruney: possible help for the future? Only time will tell...
2. Oh, my Lord, Torre finally put Dotel in! Dotel pitched a scoreless and hitless inning with one walk and one strikeout... more work for Dotel will be great for the rest of the season, just so Torre and the rest of us can see where Dotel lies in Torre's plans for the bullpen in the postseason...
And Sean Henn made an appearance tonight, after his not-too-impressive debut in the majors last year (posting an 11.12! ERA in 3 games and 11.1 innings), yielding one run in one inning of work... last year, I gave him an excuse because he was called up from AA, but this year? Eh... he's still 25, we'll see how the rest of the year goes...
Tomorrow, Randy Johnson pitches... he has been pitching... well... mediocrely the last three games, yielding at least 4 earned runs the last 3 games, but Randy has pitched at least 7+ innings the last 3 outings... I'm hoping for a good performance, 6+ inning, 2 earned runs, or 7+ inning, 3 earned runs (so we can save our bullpen), but then again, these are the Royals, who have given the Red Sox, White Sox and Twins trouble this season...
We'll see if the Big Unit can pitch and dominate against the likes of John Buck and Shane Costa...
Happy reading!
B(rent)
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