Team Pitching: 7(7) R(ER), 9H, 2BB, 6K, 64% strikes, 122 pitches thrown
Carlos Carrasco got the win thanks to a high-scoring offense and a mediocre pitched outing falling on the same night. Carrasco went 6 innings and gave up 5 runs on 8 hits and a walk. He did record 5 strikeouts and when you consider he got through those 6 innings (28 TBF) on only 87 pitches (14.5 P/IP -or- 3.1 P/BF), you realize that the Bats' bats were off their shoulders early and often. Consider the following: 1 BB, 1HBP 5K, 8H were recorded on 62 pitches (4.1 P/BF). The 13 outs that were created on balls put in play were made on a grand total of 25 pitches (1.9 P/BF).
Josh Judy came in and gave up a homer after a walk, but avoided any further troubles. Joe Smith pitched a ROOGY-esque performance by inducing contact and burning up the infield. He required 8 pitches to retire the side in the 9th which netted him the save.
Team Hitting: 10 R, 14H, 6XBH, 4BB, 6SO, 2SB
Wes Hodges (3-4, 2B, 2R, 2RBI) is picking it up as of late, with an OPS of 1.071 over the last 2 weeks which helped to mitigate a previously cold 2 weeks; he has a .822 OPS over the past month which is right about at his career level. His 200 PA/month sample size isn’t big enough to draw a conclusion, but it is worth noting that Hodges OPS’s 100 points higher in June than in any other month. It will be interesting to follow this throughout the month to see if the trend continues.
Carlos Santana is not long for this world (the fantastical and wonderful world that I write in and Columbus fans are treated to every home game), but he did give us a parting shot in the form of his 11th HR. His current season line is: 315/451/589, 41:31 BB:K. His Major League Equivalent (MLE) currently stands at: 271/385/486. In case, you are wondering, Lou Marson has never OPS’d above 850 at any level, let alone his current 208/262/267 line at the Major League level. Look for June 7th as the day that Santana makes the jump. This will insure the avoidance of Super-2 status and allow Carlos to make his debut at home to sell a few more tickets in an increasingly lackluster season.
Bixler (3-5, 2 2B, 2R), Gimenez (2-4, HR, 2R, 2RBI, BB) and Phelps (2-4, 2B, RBI) all had multi-hit games and added to the double-digit carnage that is the Clippers’ offense.
The Clippers have a day off on Thursday and will face the Indianapolis Indians on Friday at 7:05pm. Jeanmar Gomez will take the hill as the Clippers kick-off a short 4-game road trip.
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2 comments:
Does anyone know if Michael Brantley is injured or something? Because right now you'd think Carlos Santana was a better base stealer than Brantley. 4 steals in 6 attempts all year?
Brantley was slowed by an ankle injury a few weeks back which forced him to miss about a week. I did not look, but I think that was the injury. If so, he just may be slowed by it still as it would seem the only thing to explain the lack of stolen bases because he is getting on base.
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