Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 06, 2008
Slow and Steady Wins the Race

The Phillies-Diamondbacks game offered a great contrast in speed Monday night:

Scherzer was consistently in the mid- to high 90s, while Moyer, making the 558th start of his career, tossed in the high 70s and low 80s, going up and down, in and out.

"I don't think Max can underhand a ball at that speed," Melvin said. "But certainly watching another guy pitch in the fashion that Jamie does, you can always learn from that, absolutely."

Scherzer had whetted everyone's appetite in his first appearance, when he pitched a perfect 4 1/3 innings, striking out seven Houston Astros.

While three of the five runs he gave up Monday were unearned, he agreed with Melvin that he did not throw enough strikes.

"They did a good job of hitting it," said Scherzer, who threw 92 pitches, giving up seven hits and striking out five. "I didn't get ahead of the hitters as well as I did last time, that's the difference. You get ahead, you have success. You fall behind, you do not have success."

Scherzer said he watched Moyer throwing strikes with all his pitches.

"That's something I take pride in," Scherzer said. "I can always learn from anybody, it doesn't matter what kind of stuff they have."

The Diamondbacks pitchers are showing signs of returning to earth. Over their last six games, they've allowed 40 runs. It's mostly the starters as they've been hit for a .341 BA during the stretch. With the Dodgers win against the Mets, the Diamondbacks lead is down to three games.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:29 AM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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The funny thing is, Scherzer threw 63.7% of his pitches for strikes - Moyer only 59.2%...

Was it more of a case Jamie's wily pitching (0BB, 0WP, 0HBP) vs Max's wild pitching (2BB, 1WP, 1HBP)? Or were the Phillies just less selective than the DBacks?

Posted by: scaught at May 6, 2008 01:50 PM
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