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I don't like swinging there. I guess he had the green light, but not in a game like this.

Palmer and Hunter are crucifying the guy for it. Did you see the pitch? It was right down the middle of the plate. He just missed. He's a young guy who swung at a very hittable pitch. Much better than putting him in a full count situation.

He had 2 hits on the day anyway so maybe the coaches felt confident in giving him the green light.

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Matusz in the sixth

By Roch Kubatko on April 19, 2009 3:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Keys' bullpen began to stir in the bottom of the fifth, which made us think that Brian Matusz was done for the day. But he came back out for the sixth and got two outs on two pitches.

Then, through no fault of his own, he fell behind, 4-3.

Right fielder Billy Rowell misplayed a fly ball into a triple, taking a step in before retreating to the fence, and second baseman Matt Tucker fielded a routine ground ball and threw wildly to first base to let the go-ahead run score.

That's three unearned runs off Matusz.

Matusz picked up his eighth strikeout to end the inning. He's thrown 96 pitches.

96 pitches for Matusz. Maybe the cavalry IS coming sooner than later. I'm mildly amazed by that.

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Palmer and Hunter are crucifying the guy for it. Did you see the pitch? It was right down the middle of the plate. He just missed. He's a young guy who swung at a very hittable pitch. Much better than putting him in a full count situation.

He had 2 hits on the day anyway so maybe the coaches felt confident in giving him the green light.

I thought it was in the upper part of the zone, which is fine. I guess I agree with Palmer and Hunter.

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