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He hasn't gone beyond 5 innings all year?

How many starts has Carrasco had this year? 25?

And it does not matter what his name is he is pitching fantastic tonight. With a great strike zone. Guess that does not matter.

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He hasn't gone beyond 5 innings all year?

How many starts has Carrasco had this year? 25?

Hasn't gone more then 5 innings since April but don't worry everything is rainbow and unicorns right?

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Lol. Of course some bum pitcher is shutting us out through 5 having barely thrown 60 pitches. As usual we had our chances early but can't hit with RISP (obviously) and predictably go down without a fight the rest of the game. This offense is pathetic. 1 run in the last 16 innings. Give me an offense that can consistently score 4 runs a game rather than one that either wins or loses you the game. Far too often this offense just doesn't give us a chance to win. Case in point, almost every single loss since the ASB.

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