Game 72 – Making Them Count

I didn’t really think McGowan pitched that bad and I certainly wouldn’t have pulled him so soon. Yes he gave up 3 HR’s but they only resulted in 4 runs. McGowan had only given up 4 hits and had yet to walk a batter, he even had 5 strikeouts. I realize sometimes in NL play you have to pull you starter early b/c you want to PH for him but I don’t think the 5th inning was the time.

The bullpen had the same issues as McGowan, giving up only 3 hits and a walk but 2 of the hits were HR’s (scoring 3). All the HR’s meant the Brewers did not leave a runner on base (1 runner was erased on a DP). Not often you are going to see as many as 7 runs scored and the team not leave a runner on base.

The Jays did not do much offensively only managing 4 hits all 1B’s, and Parra did walk 4. The Jays best opportunity came in the 7th when they had 1st and 2nd none out but failed to score. They ended up 0 for 6 w/RISP in the game. They also hit into one DP extending their major league leading total.

Onto the stats:
NAdv: Eckstein (3), Fielder
P-NAdv: McGowan (13), Parra