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Thursday, May 06, 2004 |
Fish Fried: Marlins 2, Dodgers 0
You knew their luck couldn't last, and as Jon observed, Tuesday night's game constituted grand larceny. So losing to the Marlins on the road came as maybe no surprise, but did Tracy have to revert to the automatic installation of Bradley in the three spot while demoting a hot Beltre into the seven hole? I'm not sure it would have mattered, not with Grabowski hitting in front of him.
Weaver did well -- finally -- giving up only five hits and two earned runs -- becoming the Dodgers' anti-Washburn, if you will -- while collecting four strikeouts in his 7.2 innings. His K/9 is now up to a very healthy 7.12, good for fifth on the team for pitchers with 10+ innings. Speaking of which, check this out:
| Pitcher | K/9 |
|---|---|
| Falkenborg | 13.50 |
| Gagné | 12.08 |
| Sanchez | 8.16 |
| Alvarez | 8.10 |
| Mota | 7.15 |
| Weaver | 7.12 |
| Perez | 6.93 |
| Dreifort | 6.75 |
| Martin | 6.43 |
| Lima | 4.82 |
| Nomo | 4.09 |
| Ishii | 3.98 |
Obviously, guys like Falkenborg aren't going to keep doing that -- not with 0.2 IP total -- but some good things are happening for our pitching staff here:
- The staff K/9 has improved quite a bit, with Gagné leading the way. Game Over rebounds from his early season shakiness to his phenominal form of the last two seasons.
- Duaner Sanchez is a very pleasant surprise, with a startlingly low ERA of 2.51 in 14.1 innings.
- Wilson Alvarez continues to be a solid Evans-era pickup. What I bet you didn't know is he's startlingly efficient: his pitches per inning pitched (P/IP) is 14.52, leading the club in that measure. Now that he's rejoined the rotation, we should start to see some good games come of it.
- Even more shocking is Ishii comes in second in that measure with a 15.51 P/IP. That represents a two pitch decline from his career average of 17.65, a Good Thing. The downside surprise with Kaz is his sudden amnesia about how to make strikeouts -- 3.98 K/9? That's flirting with ineffectiveness. At least partially in his defense, he pitched one game in Colorado that should have been called due to nasty weather. But he's got a long way to go to return to his 6.01 K/9 career average, which ought to concern Dodger fans.
- Jeff Weaver is now well over his career K/9 rate of 5.97. Chances are he'll return to earth, but it's a fine sign for him to get four against the Fish last night.
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