Tonight had all the makings of a solid win. Domonic Brown hit a 2 run triple then scored on an Andy Tracy single. The pitching was solid. What could have gone wrong?
First.. a home run
Then former Ironpig JJ Furmaniak got plunked with a hard Mathieson fastball.
Then a 3 run shot and the Pigs lose.
I can’t say anything bad about Mathieson. He is the perfect example of an all or nothing closer. He was consistantly at 97-98 mph but the Bulls strong lineup put it to him. Scott has to be the nicest guy I’ve met in a long time and I hope he doesn’t let these game losing home runs get to me. I sure don’t hold it against him.. I just can’t. In my viewpoint, if you give your all and fail.. it happens. If you slack and fail.. I’m all over it. Look at Mayberry double clutching that ball hit right at him and the Durham runner strolled into third. If he sets that ball up and makes a strong throw the runner doesn’t even think about continuing on.
Looking at the Pig’s lineup… they were runless in 17 innings (last night was 15 innings) before they scored a run tonight. The bats need to heat up and I don’t mean the bats who come from Louisville.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do want to make mention of a new Noise Nation character coming soon. Be on the lookout! Hoping to get our new friend to a game by Friday!
OinK!
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Congrats to Vance Worley on a terrific AAA debut. His velocity was better than I expected and he appeared to have good movement on all his pitches. I thought for a moment wouldn’t it be cool to get a Volkswagen “VW” logo sign to hang in the outfield when he pitches but then I thought the last thing they need at Coca-Cola Park is another commercial billboard.
Spot on, Kehl.
If a player if clearly hustling and doing the best he can, well, it IS alot easier to understand that some players, are, in fact, better than others and that’s life.
Meanwhile, when a guy on a six-figure minor league deal jogs after balls in the outfield…
Perhaps the word is out on Mayberry…I.L. runners can advance on the base paths aggressively without much fear of retribution.
Yup. Gotta wonder, if Jr. hustled a little more, would HE be the one who got called up today? That right-handed bat might come in handy for the big club. But, alas, better is better. ‘Grats to DB.
Mayberry for IronPigs Disappointment Of The Year — by a country mile.
As the English would say, JM had everything to play for entering the year…