Daniel Cabrera loses to fall to 4-5 on the season.
Daniel Cabrera can be so frustrating sometimes. Its like you know hes going to break out one day and become this awesome pitcher, but at the same time its hard to watch because it seems like he does so little with so much talent. At times he will be dominant and just blow through a lineup, no problem, striking out 10 in the process. But sometimes, like yesterday, he can be so wild that it makes your head spin. He pitched 4 and 2/3rds innings yesterday, giving up 5 hits, 6 runs, 5 walks, 4 wild pitches, and a hit batter. He struck out 3 batters. And he threw 106 pitches without getting out of the 5th inning. I guess you just gotta keep sending him out there, hoping that he can put it all together sometime. I feel a little better knowing that Leo Mazzone is working with him and that hes working on his changeup. We’ll see how the rest of his season plays out…
The hitting today was mediocre. Sure we put 5 runs on the board, but only after we were losing 9-1 and the rest of the 4 runs all came after the 6th inning. I know thats not a bad thing and I’m glad that we didn’t just give up, but I would have liked to have seen some early runs to take some pressure off. Probably nitpicking, but hey, we lost, I’m not happy about it. The standout performances were Brandon Fahey (1-2 with 2 walks), Javy Lopez (1-4 with a double and an RBI), Corey Patterson (2-4 with an RBI), and Jeff Conine (2-4 with his 6th homerun and 2 RBIs. I hope the day off monday can rejuvenate the offense.
