A blast over Coghlan's head. Double! 9-5 Fish. Way to step up Hi-C!
Nunez coming in.
Men on 2nd & 3rd, 1 down, Stubbs up.
Stubbs K's swinging on ball 4.
4 pitch walk to load the bases. MVP walks up to the dish as the tying run.
Joey's 0 for 3. He's due.
Quickly down 0-2
Soft grounder back to the pitcher. Game over. Well, they made it exciting at the end again.
Brantley made a good point earlier. They're not showing any urgency until the 9th inning. Where's that fire the club had last year? Might be time for a team meeting by Dusty again. It certainly worked wonders last year in San Diego.
Where's the fire? I think there are a few factors that contribute to it.
1. When your starting staff allows runs early putting you in a hole, it demoralizes you.
2. The loss of Scott Rolen's on the field leadership is a big factor.
3. The bullpen has been less than stellar this year. Not to say they're bad, but...
4. I think 2010 and all those come back wins is in their heads.
5. The early loss of Cueto and Bailey.
Just my thoughts. When you're down 3 runs in the 2nd inning (or whatever) and come back only to have the bullpen fail, it can't help.
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It's tough to have energy when you're constantly playing from behind. Look at the 5 game winning streak to start the year. Other than the first game, we were almost always playing with a lead.
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