Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 02, 2004
Don't Hit Dontrelle

Dontrelle Willis is perfect through four innings. He's thrown 50 pitches, 36 for strikes. He many need to continue to pitch that well, as Lidle has only allowed three singles and a walk, and removed one of those runners with a caught stealing.

Update: Fifteen up, fifteen down. A nine pitch fifth for Dontrelle.

Update: Rookie catcher Matt Treanor singles and scores in the fifth. This is turning out to be a pretty good day for his debut. He's calling a perfect game and so far has scored the go-ahead run.

Update: Sean Casey, with 2 out in the 7th, lines a single to left to end the perfect game. Willis gets a standing ovation from the fans. With a 1-0 lead, he needs to continue to pitch well to get the win.

Update: That's six inning in the book. He struck out the first two batters, battling back from an 2-0 count on Valentin to catch Javier looking on a low strike. The Lidle, the pitcher, hit a hard line drive but right at Lowell. Seventy two pitcher for Dontrelle through six, 50 strikes. You have to love those numbers.

Update: Reds tie it on a single by Jimenez, though Griffey is thrown out trying to go to third. It's 1-1 going to the bottom of the 7th.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:58 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
Comments

What a tough loss for the Fish. Hopefully Dontrelle will stay on track for awhile though.

Posted by: Mike at June 2, 2004 04:31 PM

Seems like with his injury history, it doesn't make sense for Junior to be taking chances on the bases. More dangerous than getting thrown out is blowing something out.

Posted by: Barron at June 2, 2004 04:39 PM