Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 25, 2007
Will Hudson Win?

Tim Hudson pitched another great game tonight. Through eight innings he struck out 12 and allowed just five hits. But the first three batters singled in the ninth to load the bases, bringing in Bob Wickman. Hudson got his pitches up in the inning, and the Marlins took advantage of that. Hudson can't lose the game, but a bad performance by Wickman and Tim may not win it.

Update: Olivo hits the right center gap and the ball rolls to the wall. Cabrera and Ross score to double Hudson's ERA. Ross ran into the third base coach, and Cox argues that the run shouldn't count, but it wasn't intentional contact.

Update: After an intentional walk, Willingham stands in with the bases loaded. A long fly ball ties the game.

Update: Wickman falls behind 3-0, the works the count back full as Willingham takes two pitches. After fouling off a number of good pitches, Willingham swings over a sinker that would be ball four and strikes out. Amezaga's turn to hit a long fly.

Update: Amezaga loops one over the drawn in third baseman for an infield hit and a tie game.

Update: Wickman throws a wild pitch and the Marlins win! Quite a comeback against the best pitcher in the National League this year and a closer who was 24 of 25 in save opportunities for the Braves. It's games like this that make managers that bring in their closer at the start of the ninth.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:15 PM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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We are better than Bob Wickman.

Posted by: Mike Gonzalez and Rafael Soriano at April 25, 2007 10:37 PM

Wickman has always allowed baserunners. He gets the job done, but it's rarely 1-2-3. He's not the pitcher I'd want to bring in with the bases loaded.

Posted by: Joel Jacobsen at April 26, 2007 12:20 AM
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