For today's game, I will go for six runs, although I still haven't decided who will score the four (yep, I'm guessing 4-2). Chuck it, with Mosgrove going, let's give it to the Friars, although I have no earthly clue where those four runs are going to come from
The fact remains that we can't hit their pitching, each one of their arms has a quality start in Colorado, especially Colorado. No thin air for us here, only heavy bats. Lots of singles, no power. We outhit, but get outscored the way the sun rises in the east and drops in the west. An even bigger pisser is the fact that I need to admit how big Tatis is to this team. Yes, we have a winning record. Yes, we will very likely make the playoffs. Might just beat the Dodgers a few times. But with Fernando in there, we always have the feeling that we can do something special, can beat anybody. That's the heart, the muscle that keeps the body not only moving, but doing backflips. Grish is a different guy with Tatis out there. So is Cron. Shoot, Grish is now dropping balls in the outfield, which is his turf. Nola is not hitting. Voit has too many zeroes, or oh-fers from the cleanup spot. Tatis is the weasel you throw into the chicken coop to get real live coverage from what is otherwise a dull barn life. And we still can only speculate as to when he might come back, or come back at all.
Clevy started well, but then his pitches didn't sink. I know better than anybody else than to judge pitchers by one performance at Coors. We put in Nick as well, but he wasn't as sharp as he usually was. I am officially concerned about our closer, who now has a 4.04 ERA. The problem is, the bullpen is no longer a weapon. That means Run, Forest, run! or have the starting pitchers give it their all, preferably seven or eight innings. We have four games here and need to come out with a split heading into the All-Star break.
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