Monday, September 06, 2010

g138 | Another struggle for Vargas...

Mariners 2 | Athletics 6

Jason may have hit the wall and ~ surprise, surprise ~
the bats could get nothing going vs. Anderson or the A's pen.
Vargas, who had pitched well enough in his first 27 starts to win another five or six of them, didn’t pitch well enough to win his 10th this time. And that 10th victory has proven elusive.
Since winning his ninth on Aug. 14, Vargas has started four times – and lost each game. Much of the damage against him has come early, and when Oakland scored twice in the first inning it continued a trend the left-hander can’t seem to stop.
In each of those last four starts, Vargas has allowed at least one run in the first inning. With a Mariners offense that simply cannot score with the rest of major league baseball, an early deficit often means a quick loss.
This one certainly did.
“I’ve had streaks where that’s happened, streaks where it hasn’t,” Vargas said. “ ... The last seven, eight starts I’ve thrown more fastballs to get ahead. I wish I’d thrown more of them down today.”

No comments:

Post a Comment