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Nope, just letting you know you missed showalter taking Chen out for Roberts.

Frankly, maybe he should have let Chen bat and then gone to then pen anyways. Chen's had two of the best at bats by anyone thus far.

I'm a huge Chen fan. I'd have left him start the inning at least. He's strong late.

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It makes sense to me. Im stating that this GAME is indicative of why we wont be in the post season, not specifically the fact that if we win this

game we will. Thats all Im saying.Just too inconsistent too often in many aspects of the game. We COULD win this game today, but Id still feel this

way. This is the worst hitting team in the NL. We are one of the best hitting teams in baseball. WE HAVE TO WIN THESE TYPE OF GAMES.

Chen was dominating through five, then fell apart in the sixth. Why? His pitch count was low. This wasn't one of the Buck mis-managed games where he tried to stretch Chen after he was over 100 pitches. Chen failed that inning on his own.

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Honestly the problem is Teagarden. Since he came back from injury, in 10 starts for TT the team is 2-8 (one of those wins coming against Houston).

Chris Davis and Manny Machado are a combined 0-7 with 3 Ks. Teagarden isn't the problem today.

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Chris Davis and Manny Machado are a combined 0-7 with 3 Ks. Teagarden isn't the problem today.

Tegarden is the biggest problem. Davis got to second on an error which ended up scoring McClouth. Tegarden has had men on each time and has K'd.

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