You got the word to me at 4:36 central daylight, 2:36 pacific. I wondered if you couldn't sleep or had to get up really early for work or happened to stay up late. You are opening your branch and are indeed up early for work. Looking up and down today's slate, which includes a boatload of early games, you opted for a Milwaukee HotCut. Robbie Ray and the Arizona Diamondbacks will travel to Wisconsin to face Kyle "Permit Driver" Davies and the Milwaukee Brewers. The D'Backs are 29-19, the Brewers are 25-21. The game starts tonight at 19:10 central daylight.
To begin the second, Chris Owings hits hits sixth home run of the year off Zach "Permit Driver" Davies. Now Drury singles. Davies has been good lately, says Steve Berthiaume on the Arizona TV broadcast. This surprises me because last I knew Davies had started the year poorly. His April WHIP was 1.86 with a 6.57 ERA, a 2-2 record. Before this game he was 3-and-0 in May with a 4.15 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP. The record is better and he has improved month-over-month but a 1.43 WHIP is not good. It also seem he is a better pitcher away from Miller Park: 1.38 WHIP away versus a 1.91 WHIP at home.
Ray is looking good in this 'Cut but I'm fading. In terms of physical appearance, Robbie Ray reminds me of a southpaw cross between Justin Verlander and Mike Mussina. He goes 1-2-3 in the third. Villar is struggling.
Ray fans Thames to start the last of the fourth. Jesús Aguilar pinch-hits for left fielder Ryan Braun. Braun recently returned from the DL after suffering both forearm and calf injuries. Aguilar singles. Now, Hernán Pérez, who has started games this year at six different positions. Pérez, FC 3-6.
Here's Keon, bottom five, one out. "Robbie in full grunt mode down there...." First pitch strikes: 14 of 17. Broxton, 9. I like the first-pitch strike stat. It's not too wonky. I like the old baseball saw about, what's a pitcher's best pitch? Strike one.
A shot of Dave Magadan on the Arizona bench—he is their hitting coach, it seems. Drury hits one to second, Villar throws a bit wide of first up the line. Aguilar doesn't even try for it ... it hits Drury.
Davies made it six, for the second straight start. It's 3-0 Snakes, bottom six. Ray is being efficient, at 69 pitches here in the bottom of the sixth, one out. Six strikeouts.
Losing It
I have momentarily lost my verve for journaling baseball. I had a cold; I have been trying to get work done outside, which has tired me. I saw Matt Szczur get a 2-out RBI base hit just now. Padres at Mets. Rafael Montero went 3 IP, 3 ER, 87 pitches.Caution: Permit Driver
I've got the HotCut tuned in now. Ray fans Villar. AriZona got a run in the top half, I'm not sure how—maybe they'll tell me. Thames now. He sends one deep to right, just on the centerfield side of where the wall drops back, 9. Ryan Braun, on the day of his tenth anniversary as a Brewer. I can remember that you jumped on him right away in fantasy. I didn't have any idea who he was. (It was a Gregor Blanco home run that put AriZona on the board.)To begin the second, Chris Owings hits hits sixth home run of the year off Zach "Permit Driver" Davies. Now Drury singles. Davies has been good lately, says Steve Berthiaume on the Arizona TV broadcast. This surprises me because last I knew Davies had started the year poorly. His April WHIP was 1.86 with a 6.57 ERA, a 2-2 record. Before this game he was 3-and-0 in May with a 4.15 ERA and a 1.43 WHIP. The record is better and he has improved month-over-month but a 1.43 WHIP is not good. It also seem he is a better pitcher away from Miller Park: 1.38 WHIP away versus a 1.91 WHIP at home.
Ray is looking good in this 'Cut but I'm fading. In terms of physical appearance, Robbie Ray reminds me of a southpaw cross between Justin Verlander and Mike Mussina. He goes 1-2-3 in the third. Villar is struggling.
This Day in History
It has been six years since Scott Cousins blew up Buster Posey's ankle.Robbie Ray in Grunt Mode
Davies is through four but Milwaukee trails 3-0. Steve Berthiaume notes two trends characterizing Davies's 2017: (1) he gives up a lot of hits; and, (2) he does not work deep into games. Hey, you know what they say. The only way to get a really good tan is to start with a really bad sunburn.Ray fans Thames to start the last of the fourth. Jesús Aguilar pinch-hits for left fielder Ryan Braun. Braun recently returned from the DL after suffering both forearm and calf injuries. Aguilar singles. Now, Hernán Pérez, who has started games this year at six different positions. Pérez, FC 3-6.
Here's Keon, bottom five, one out. "Robbie in full grunt mode down there...." First pitch strikes: 14 of 17. Broxton, 9. I like the first-pitch strike stat. It's not too wonky. I like the old baseball saw about, what's a pitcher's best pitch? Strike one.
A shot of Dave Magadan on the Arizona bench—he is their hitting coach, it seems. Drury hits one to second, Villar throws a bit wide of first up the line. Aguilar doesn't even try for it ... it hits Drury.
Davies made it six, for the second straight start. It's 3-0 Snakes, bottom six. Ray is being efficient, at 69 pitches here in the bottom of the sixth, one out. Six strikeouts.
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