Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 18, 2006
Late Night Roundup

It wasn't a wise move for the Brewers to bring in Matt Wise last night versus the Astros. Wise allowed five runs, four earned to blow a 6-3 Milwaukee lead in the seventh inning. Jason Lane drove in the game winner with a three run homer in that inning. Jason's not hitting very often, but when he does the ball goes a long way.

It was a game of third in Arizona. The first three innings belonged to the Giants as they scored seven runs off Miguel Batista. The Daimondbacks took innings 4-6, plating nine runs off Fassero and two relievers. But the Giants bullpen took control over the last three innings, striking out five batters as San Francisco scored three times in the 8th and 9th to take a 10-9 victory from Arizona.

That's 28 runs allowed for the Diamondbacks in their last three games. The ten runs for the Giants equals their output for the previous five games.

Greg Maddux found the fountain of youth. He threw just 86 pitches to go eight innings last night, allowing just one run and three hits. With the 4-1 win over the Dodgers, Maddux moves to 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA and a .149 batting average allowed. Shades of the 1994-1995 Maddux.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:27 AM | Games | TrackBack (0)
Comments

greg maddux is pitching great at age 40? must be the roids.

jason lane is walking a lot and hitting home runs? must be the roids.

miguel batista gave up 6 runs in 3 innings? must be off the roids.

Posted by: lisa gray at April 18, 2006 09:29 AM

Can I already start a campaing for Maddux to start in the All-Star game?

He simply looked incredible in his first three starts.

Posted by: dave at April 18, 2006 11:33 AM

I used to make a point of watching every Maddux start that was televised. Then he slipped abit and the starts went off my "must-see TV" list. Looks like I better start tuning in to them again!

Posted by: jmd at April 18, 2006 12:57 PM

The Cubs' radio announcers were commenting on how Maddux showed up to camp this year in much better shape than he'd been the previous year. I guess the working out is paying off.

Posted by: Rebecca Allen, PhD, ARNP at April 18, 2006 01:43 PM

Lane's not hitting much, but he's become much more patient. Already almost a third of the way to his 2005 walk total.

Posted by: Brad Harrison at April 18, 2006 05:18 PM
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