And we get to see a second one!

Sorry for the cynicism, but that was just an ugly game. I’m short on time, so let’s just go over some of the good and bad from the game.

Good
Josh Phelps homered.

Bad
It was too little, too late.

Good
Melky had an RBI double to tie the game

Bad
Joe left Cairo in to hit with runners on second and third.

Good
Vizcaino didn’t let all of his inherited runners score.

Bad
Joe used him in a high leverage situation, which at this point is too risky.

Good
Bobby Abreu homered and singled (the opposite way, no less).

Bad
Miguel Cairo: 0 for 3 with two strikeouts.

Good
Jorge with 2 for 3 with a double and a walk.

Bad
Alex went 0 for 4 with a strikeout.

Good
Bruney and Meyers didn’t allow a run.

Bad
Moose allowed five.

Bad
Damon struck out thrice (sorry, I squeezed all the good I could out of this game).

Bad
We allowed five runs to a team that had exactly zero players enter the game with a BA over .250 (Erstad started with a BA of .250).

Bad
We lost to a team whose best hitter is Darin Erstad.

And it goes on and on. There is no excuse for this. None.