Berkman slumping was bound to happen, but I never DREAMED it would be THIS bad. Yikees. After this game, I say give him a day off, & play Erstad.
Very nice outing by Chacon. As for Lance, look on the bright side guys! He has one hit in this series and we're about to win it against the top team in our division. We're showing we can beat a really good team without Lance hitting. Got to be a good thing surely?
Valverde hasn't allowed a run in his last 16 games and batters are hitting only .128 against him this month. (I hope I didn't jinx anything)
1.5 games back of the Cubs, tied with the Cards who are currently losing 2-0 in the 3rd to the Padres.
That's a quality win and series after losing a little momentum against Texas. Screw the Cubs and their fans, by the way.
21-9 in their last 30 (they've only played 46 or 47 games). That's a .700 winning percentage in their last 30 games.
Great series win......you had the sense that the Cubs may be getting in our heads after the semi-dramatic wins in Chicago earlier this year and the 1st game drubbing. Nice answers in coming from behind in both win. I think it's safe to say that this team doesn't flinch when it gets down a few runs early. Only natural that Lance slows down a little, but Carlos has really been stepping it up lately to offset that. I know Valverde is now the save leader and has been pitching sick as of lately, but have you seen the stats for our last two closers? Do we know how to breed closers or what? Lidge 1-0 0.45 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 11 SV Wagner 0-0 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, 9 SV And just to bring back memories of the Dotel, Lidge, Wagner combo, here's O's current numbers with the White Sox: Dotel 2-2 4.00 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 0 SV (he's their 6th/7th inning guy) Not to sound too crazy, but could've our combo of Dotel, Lidge, Wagner been the best ever for a 7th, 8th, 9th inning stretch? Great series win against a very good Cubs team. I have a feeling were going to have some epic games against them this year.
