Cinco de Mayo Game Thread vs. D'Backs... Viva Elizardo!

[VR]

R Freel 2B            .258 .411 .326 
F Lopez SS           .244 .318 .361 
A Dunn LF            .255 .414 .622 
S Hatteberg 1B     .308 .444 .446 
E Encarnacion 3B  .298 .394 .553 
J Valentin C         .255 .283 .373 
A Kearns RF         .315 .375 .528 
Q McCracken CF   .176 .263 .412 
E Ramirez P

C Counsell SS    .333 .386 .420 
E Byrnes CF       .292 .354 .458 
C Tracy 3B        .307 .352 .553 
L Gonzalez LF     .243 .344 .505 
T Clark 1B          .184 .326 .342 
S Green RF         .327 .371 .439 
J Estrada C        .286 .321 .457 
O Hudson 2B      .214 .289 .291 
B Webb P

[toledodan]

kearns hitting behind valentin?

[Buckeye33]

QM over Deno?

Blah.

[gilpdawg]

I do not like this lineup.

[WMR]

Jeez Narron put in Deno... that's such a dumb decision. Let's see what the kid can do with a few consecutive games. No better time than right now.

[OnBaseMachine]

Unreal.

Denorfia has a nice game and gets benched the next game in favor of Quinton freakin' McCracken.

Kearns has a nice game and is dropped in the lineup.

[Kc61]

Webb, the Arizona pitcher, is very tough on right handed hitters, with a 1.35 ERA, 15 strikeouts and 2 walks. This explains the lineup, along with the need to rest Phillips who has cooled off.

[KronoRed]

Many problems with this lineup.

McCracken should be emergency insurance, Deno should get all starts possible.

[oneupper]

Originally Posted by Kc61

Webb, the Arizona pitcher, is very tough on right handed hitters, with a 1.35 ERA, 15 strikeouts and 2 walks. This explains the lineup, along with the need to rest Phillips who has cooled off.

Narron wants to put the lefties in. The problem is not that McCracken is in the lineup...it's that he's on the roster.

[WMR]

Originally Posted by OnBaseMachine

Unreal.

Denorfia has a nice game and gets benched the next game in favor of Quinton freakin' McCracken.

Kearns has a nice game and is dropped in the lineup.

I'd really like to hear his reasoning behind playing QM over Deno.

Why do I think I'd hear some combination of "solid, veteran, and knows how to play the game?"

As much goodwill as JN has garnered with me for the club's hot start, line-ups like this cause those feelings to dissipate quickly.

[oneupper]

Originally Posted by WilyMoROCKS

I'd really like to hear his reasoning behind playing QM over Deno.

.

Not that I agree...but it is...LEFT HANDED BAT.

[WMR]

Originally Posted by oneupper

Not that I agree...but it is...LEFT HANDED BAT.

Umm yep you're right.

[KronoRed]

IMO Deno facing a tough rightie is better then McCracken getting any at bats at all.

[oneupper]

Originally Posted by KronoRed

IMO Deno facing a tough rightie is better then McCracken getting any at bats at all.

Agreed. And Hattie at cleanup with Ground Ball pitcher Webb on the mound has GIDP written all over it.

[Cedric]

McCracken needs to play in certain oppurtunities if you wanna keep him on this roster. I'm not one that wants him here, but if you are gonna keep him as a key pinch hitter he needs at bats