Game Date: September 4, 2006
Game Score: Yankees 12, Royals 5 / Box Score
WP: Beam (2–0), LP: Dohmann (1–2)
Royal Home Runs: None
Royals Record: 51-88
So, Luke Hudson shuts down the evil Yankees for seven complete innings—giving up just one earned run, while striking out ten. And he leaves the game with the Royals winning 5–1. But our disaster that is our bullpen gave up ten earned runs in the eighth inning. Ten.
Jimmy Gobble was awful. He gave up four earned runs without getting an out. Scott Dohmann was bad. He gave up a walk and and earned run without recording an out. Andrew Sisco was horrible. He gave up three earned runs, but at least he got two outs. And Ambiorix Burgos was his normal home-run giving self. He gave up three earned runs, including a two run bomb by Jorge Posada.
The evil Yankees added an “insurance” run in the top of the ninth just to make the loss taste even a little more bitter.
Our problems with the bullpen are twofold. First, they are overworked because our starting pitching has been so bad. But it hasn’t been as bad in the past three or four weeks. They ought to be pretty well rested. The other reason isn’t quite so pleasant. With three exceptions, our bullpen is just plain bad. Maybe the worst ever. Peralta (4.36 ERA), Wellemeyer (3.98 ERA), and Joe Nelson (4.13) have all been mediocre. The rest have been beyond horrible:
- Jimmy Gobble (3–5, 5.00 ERA)
- Mike Wood (3–3, 5.66 ERA)
- Andrew Sisco (1–3, 7.71)
- Scott Dohmann (1–2, 7.24)
Out of the seven guys in our pen (not including Ryan Braun who was recently called up), our best ERA is 3.98. Wow.
Tonight, Jorge De La Rosa (1–2, 6.75) goes against Mike Mussina (13–5, 3.61). De La Rosa is 0–0 with a 13.50 ERA in his career against the evil Yankees. Mussina is 15–6 with a 2.92 ERA against the Royals.
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