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To anyone not fortunate enough to be able to watch this game:
However bad Wacha's line score may look - he actually looks worse from the mound. He has NOTHING today. Fastball started at 91 and he can't keep it away from the top of the zone. Cutter's doing nothing, curveball can only be used up because it doesn't have the break to start in the zone and dive under a bat (so you can only use it to steal strikes when the hitter gives up).
So he can't set batters up because his fastball is gonna get smoked unless he throws it for a ball. He can't get enough run on it to get it inside to righties and the cutter can't do anything to lefties because it's spinning.
He's a sitting duck out there and it's frustrating that he was allowed to hit for himself in the 2nd, let alone give up 4 in the 3rd.
You could tell from the first batter that he just didn't have it today. When they got the lead, they were able to undo any damage he had done and start anew. With a day off tomorrow, an extra reliever in the pen and 2-3 guys out there with starters backgrounds, that should've been a bulllpen day from the 3rd on.
Really bad hook from Shildt.
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