The Closer Report: April 21, 2010
SAVES:
Matt Lindstrom (4) - Lindstrom threw a near perfect 12 pitch inning giving up a lone hit. His WHIP (1.14) and ERA (3.86) are still a bit high, but both are coming down.
Mariano Rivera (6) - Rivera is absolutely unhittable. He recorded his sixth straight save, but showed a chink in his armor. He gave up a hit and needed 26 pitches to close out the game. His season ERA is still 0.00.
Jose Valverde (4) - Valverde made quick work of Angel hitters needing only 10 pitches to get his fourth save. He got one strikeout and lowered his WHIP to 1.00.
Joakim Soria (4) - SOria got back on track with his fourth save of the season beating the Blue Jays 4-3. He had a quite 1-2-3 inning and struckout one closing out the game.
Matt Capps (7) - Capps recorded his league leading seventh save of the season and did it in wow fashion. Capps struckout the side, raising his strikeout total from 5 to 8 in one appearnce. He did give up a hit and a walk, but an overall very impressive outing for Capps.
BLOWN SAVE:
Brian Fuentes (BS1) - Fuentes made his first appearance since coming off the DL and he entered the game in the eighth inning as expected and blew the lead. Before his work was done, he gave up two runs on two hits and two walks. The big blast was a solo homerun to Miguel Cabrera. He also took the loss 4-3.
APPEARANCES:
Brain Wilson - Pitched a quite inning in a losing cause. He only threw 10 pitches, so he should be fine for tomorrow.
Jonathan Papelbon - Pitched a strong two innings in a 7-7 game with Texas. He gave up one hit and struckout one. There is no chance he will pitch tomorrow. Since Bard also went two innings, I'm not sure who will get the call to close if the Red Sox lead going into the ninth inning.
Carlos Marmol - Worked one inning in a 9-3 blow out. Walked one and struck out one.
Neftali Feliz - Another impressive outing for Feliz. He pitched two innings for the Rangers in an extra inning game. He threw 23 pitches and struck out three batters, while giving up no hits or walks. His WHIP is now at a microscopic 0.75.
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Matt Lindstrom (4) - Lindstrom threw a near perfect 12 pitch inning giving up a lone hit. His WHIP (1.14) and ERA (3.86) are still a bit high, but both are coming down.
Jose Valverde (4) - Valverde made quick work of Angel hitters needing only 10 pitches to get his fourth save. He got one strikeout and lowered his WHIP to 1.00.
Joakim Soria (4) - SOria got back on track with his fourth save of the season beating the Blue Jays 4-3. He had a quite 1-2-3 inning and struckout one closing out the game.
Matt Capps (7) - Capps recorded his league leading seventh save of the season and did it in wow fashion. Capps struckout the side, raising his strikeout total from 5 to 8 in one appearnce. He did give up a hit and a walk, but an overall very impressive outing for Capps.
BLOWN SAVE:
Brian Fuentes (BS1) - Fuentes made his first appearance since coming off the DL and he entered the game in the eighth inning as expected and blew the lead. Before his work was done, he gave up two runs on two hits and two walks. The big blast was a solo homerun to Miguel Cabrera. He also took the loss 4-3.
APPEARANCES:
Brain Wilson - Pitched a quite inning in a losing cause. He only threw 10 pitches, so he should be fine for tomorrow.
Jonathan Papelbon - Pitched a strong two innings in a 7-7 game with Texas. He gave up one hit and struckout one. There is no chance he will pitch tomorrow. Since Bard also went two innings, I'm not sure who will get the call to close if the Red Sox lead going into the ninth inning.
Carlos Marmol - Worked one inning in a 9-3 blow out. Walked one and struck out one.
Neftali Feliz - Another impressive outing for Feliz. He pitched two innings for the Rangers in an extra inning game. He threw 23 pitches and struck out three batters, while giving up no hits or walks. His WHIP is now at a microscopic 0.75.
Listen to Todd "The True Guru" Farino breakdown all the closer activity three times a week on Blog Talk Radio. Every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 11pm PST. www.blogtalkradio.com/the-closer-report or download the podcast on ITunes!
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