by joethejet » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:10 am
Ok, I'm sure this isn't luck AT ALL, but we seven of our last eight losses have been by a run. Four of them in extras. Sometimes I hate this game.
Tonight playing Jeep "it's all skill" Driver.
Let's see
1-1 game, bottom of the 8th. 1-8 single by Molina. Ellsbury steal (no luck there, he's a very good SBer ) and Jackson singles on his own card for the fun. The 1-8 is a little lucky. STarting the 9th, we don't get that roll and a single later in the inning has no chance of bringing a runner home. Oh, and there's the 1-16 single we missed with runners on the corners and the sac fly that would have potentially followed it on the next roll.
next one run game. Lose it in 10 on a walk to Cervelli off a RHP (on the pitchers card) and a 1-2 triple (single the rest) all with two outs. We had the bases loaded in the 9th, but missed a 1-8 bpsi. OTOH, we did throw a runner out at the plate in the bottom of the 9th (1-14) and we did score two unearned runs so maybe we were just lucky to stay that close to the amazing, not lucky, Jeep machine. ;)
The other game? Our pitching got crushed for 10-0 loss.
Our three most expensive hitters are still all under .256 but that's probably not luck either. Neither is Wilson 4-9 with 8 BS and a 5.51 ERA. Actually, what probably is luck is Masset with a 2.25 ERA. He's probably my lone over performer.
Very sad state of affairs.