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tywright Perennial All-Star

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They were unearned, but the error was on a very hard hit ball and he gave up two solid singles to the guys to get runs scored. The same way we shouldn't go overboard in condemning Pie, we shouldn't go overboard in our praise of Bergeson. He pitched well. I'm happy for him. However, he walked two guys including the lead off hitter in the 4th in front of the heart of the line up. He got hit MUCH harder the second time through the order. He pitched from behind a good amount of the time. He had 4 ringing outs in the game - 2 to Wiggy, the liner to the wall, and the slider that Nick caught deep in right field.

It wasn't the first fly out. The #2 hitter hit the ball to the warning track in right earlier.

He did lots of good things. I liked the tempo. I liked a lot of stuff. However, we should be very honest. He was good, but also a bit lucky IMO.

Only had 6 swinging strikes as well. I know everybody is praising that he pitches to contact, but he still needs to keep the hitters guessing. I think his slider and change could be decent pitches, but they were a little inconsistent tonight. The slider has nice bite, but he didn't have much control of it.

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They were unearned, but the error was on a very hard hit ball and he gave up two solid singles to the guys to get runs scored. The same way we shouldn't go overboard in condemning Pie, we shouldn't go overboard in our praise of Bergeson. He pitched well. I'm happy for him. However, he walked two guys including the lead off hitter in the 4th in front of the heart of the line up. He got hit MUCH harder the second time through the order. He pitched from behind a good amount of the time. He had 4 ringing outs in the game - 2 to Wiggy, the liner to the wall, and the slider that Nick caught deep in right field.

It wasn't the first fly out. The #2 hitter hit the ball to the warning track in right earlier.

He did lots of good things. I liked the tempo. I liked a lot of stuff. However, we should be very honest. He was good, but also a bit lucky IMO.

Dude, don't harsh my mellow:D

good analysis, tho'

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GnatsFan Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Bergeson gave up runs in the fourth, fifth, and a line drive caught at the wall in the sixth. Markakis threw a guy out at third to end the fourth. Yup, he was absolutely cruising...

Unearned runs. He was still consistently ahead of hitters. 10 ground ball outs to 2 fly ball outs (some that found holes. It happens). Thome was really the only hard hit ball all night. I'd call that cruising against a tough lineup that he was up against tonight... then again.. that's just my opinion.

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