Petit spectacular in big win over fish

Yusmeiro Petit pitched one heckuva game last night in pacing the D-backs in their 7-1 victory last night against the Marlins. You gotta hand it to this guy...he is more than a solid number five starter now. He went his normal maxium of six innings last night, and only gave up a single run on only two hits. He also struckout six without a walk.

The way he has been so consistent this year, I think he really belongs in that number four slot in the rotation. Otherwise, he will consistently get skipped in the rotation down the stretch here. There was some conversation from Bob Melvin on that subject after the game.

"For the most part, we're going to stay with the big three and Dougie [Doug Davis]," Melvin said. "We'll take a look at it. We'll probably try to stay with our guys down the stretch, but he makes it difficult to do that.

"He ended up pitching a great game. ... He's got some deception to him, he's locating the ball better, pitches down in the zone better than we've seen him in the past. It seems like the more he's out there, the more comfortable he is."

I know that Davis is a gamer, and there's a good chance that he'll be solid down the stretch as well....but with Petit...you know exactly what you are going to get every time out there. He will give you five to six innings, give up one to three runs, and give the D-backs a chance to win. I mean, his season ERA is now down at 2.83! With Davis, anything goes.

I say the two guys should be flip-flopped in the rotation down the stretch. But, I know that won't happen.....

Interesting to see that Nick Piecoro noted yesterday that Davis has had some back stiffness of late that that there was some concern he'd miss today's start. But he threw a side session on Friday, and it seemed OK.

But, Davis looks to get a shot in the rubber game today as the D-backs will try to extend their three game lead in the West after the Dodgers lost again yesterday.