Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 26, 2008
Praising Piniella

I like what Lou Piniella did with his pitchers today. Rich Harden struck out 10 over five innings, allowing one run. His pitch count was in the upper eighties, however, so Lou went to Sean Marshall in the sixth. Rather than bringing in a new pitcher every inning, however, Lou allowed Marshall to pitch three. He allowed the tying home run (the second of the game by Jeremy Hermida) but that was it. When your starter and long reliever give up two runs over eight innings, teams are going to win most of those games. Right now, however, it's tied at two in the bottom of the ninth.

Update: With one out in the ninth, DeRosa hits a ball in the hole. Ramirez makes a strong throw, and DeRosa makes a head-first slide into first. He's called out, and the first base coach, Sinatro and Lou Piniella both get tossed arguing. Trammell is managing now as the teams go to extra innings.

Update: By the way, WGN showed a two angle replay that showed DeRosa was indeed out.


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