Well, Brandon Webb still has one more start left in August to try to get that 20th win milestone before September. That's about all that can be said after last night's 9-2 loss to the Padres. It was a very trying game for Webb, as he struggled early and often. He ended up allowing six earned runs on nine hits in only 4 2/3. Boy oh boy. Not very often you see that happen...but it's baseball and it does. He said afterward that he felt fine but just didn't have good stuff.
The most frustrating part of that game however, was the offense. Threee lousy hits in the game, two of the three in the first five innings off of Padres starter Chad Reineke, whom the D-backs beat last week at Chase. So two games down, and Arizona has a combined eight hits in this series against one of the worst teams in baseball.
"Just couldn't get the big hit with the guys on base," Melvin said. "Who knows? In the first four or five innings maybe one more hit opens the floodgates a little bit, but we couldn't get the big hit. [Reineke] did get some strikeouts when we had guys on base, maybe [we were] trying to be a little too aggressive, maybe pressing a little too hard to come up with the big hit when we had some guys on."Meanwhile, the Dodgers keep losing as well, and the D-backs are not able to take any advantage of it. Watch out for those Rockies.....only six back now as they've now won four in a row. Early game today as Randy Johnson again goes for win 295 against the Padres Cha Seung Baek (4-9).
Absolute must game today for the D-backs.
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