You know what I don't get about Patterson? His swing is absolutely horrendous! I mean mechanically flawed in almost every sense of the word, IMO. I don't understand what ANYONE could possibly see in him as a hitter.
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You know what I don't get about Patterson? His swing is absolutely horrendous! I mean mechanically flawed in almost every sense of the word, IMO. I don't understand what ANYONE could possibly see in him as a hitter.
Will we split this series as we did last time?
Rollins grounds out to 1st. 1 out.
No.
Last time Corey was at least disguised as a ML hitter and the pitching was good. And the Phils weren't red hot. When we had the 1-2 punch of Hairston and Bruce at the top of the order, a Griff swinging the bat better in the 3 hole and Dunn warming up, good things happened. Now we have Patterson in the 2-hole where he will probably go 0-4 and with Phillips batting behind Bruce, he'll get nothing to hit (just like Griffey). So I say no. It will be ugly. I hate that.
Strikeout #84 for Volquez.
Victorino strikes out swinging. 2 outs.
Volquez just hit 97 MPH with his last fastball to Utley.
Volquez being Volquez. 1-2-3.
Strikeout #85 on Utley.
Utley strikes out swinging. Great changeup. 0-0 after 1.
And followed with an 81 MPH change.
That's simply unfair...
He's good.
15 pitches (9 strikes, 6 balls) for Volquez in the 1st.