But that's exactly what he was doing for us... pitching about 6 innings and usually either getting rocked by lefty hitters or had to be taken out for pitch count issues. Bud gets K's when his slider is on. Its the K pitch for him. When he doesn't have a feel for it, and its not breaking late, batters lay off and the K numbers go down. Of course against the Astros, K's come with guys staring at fastballs going right down the middle.
