Chris Tillman, May 7 Start

[Lucky Jim]

2.1 IP 2 H 0 BB 2 K so far.

36 pitches, 23 strikes.

[Lucky Jim]

3 straight hits for the Clippers - 2.1 IP 4 H 1 R 1 ER 1 BB 2 K.

[Lucky Jim]

4 straight hits. Second run in.

Our top pitchers have certainly not been lights out recently. I'll blame the weather for now.

[atom_25]

Thanks for the info. Keep it up Chris. It would be awesome if he would force his way onto the O's by mid July/ August.

[atom_25]

Posted too soon.

[Lucky Jim]

Double play gets him out of the inning.

3IP 5H 2R 2ER 1BB 2K.

ERA at 2.86 for the year.

Reimold is 1-1 with a 2B. At .391 on the year.

[bird watcher]

Double play gets him out of the inning.

3IP 5H 2R 2ER 1BB 2K.

ERA at 2.86 for the year.

Reimold is 1-1 with a 2B. At .391 on the year.

Hopefully he can get back on track and chalk it up to a bad inning. 2.86 ERA is nothing to sneeze at.

[Lucky Jim]

4IP 5H 2R 2ER 1BB 3K.

Good 4th for Tillman.

[Lucky Jim]

5IP 5H 2R 2ER 1BB 5K

Seven straight retired.

Tillman: 68 Pitches, 43 Strikes.

6:5 GO/AO ratio.

Not bad: 13-14 PPI, 1BB. Like to see a slightly higher strike-to-ball ratio.

By the way, on the radio: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_05_07_colaaa_noraaa_1

Just click the speaker under the line score.

[amateurfan]

68 pitches through 5ip. Nice to see the pitch/inning come down. 13.6/IP is definitely reasonable.

[LookinUp]

68 pitches through 5ip. Nice to see the pitch/inning come down. 13.6/IP is definitely reasonable.

It's actually quite good. If Tillman starts consistently posting 13.6/inning, that would be great news.

[Hank Scorpio]

Yup, gotta love the pitch count.

[VeveJones007]

I wonder how they'll handle him if he's consistently going 6-7 innings over the next month or two but still having some inconsistency with his offspeed stuff.

[Lucky Jim]

Tillman runs into some trouble in the 6th, leaving runners on 1st and 3rd with a swinging K on a 3-2 pitch.

Likely his last inning (I'm guessing):

Line so far:

6IP 7H 2R 2ER 1BB 6Ks.

85 Pitches, 55 Strikes.

7:5 GO/AO ratio.

ERA on the year now at 2.52.

On the year so far:

Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	NOR	INT	2	0	2.52	5	5	0	0	0	26.0	19	8	7	0	10	27	

[Mackus]

Tillman runs into some trouble in the 6th, leaving runners on 1st and 3rd with a swinging K on a 3-2 pitch.

Likely his last inning (I'm guessing):

Line so far:

6IP 7H 2R 2ER 1BB 6Ks.

85 Pitches, 55 Strikes.

7:5 GO/AO ratio.

ERA on the year now at 2.52.

On the year so far:

Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	NOR	INT	2	0	2.52	5	5	0	0	0	26.0	19	8	7	0	10	27	

Gotta like everything today except for the 7 hits, and even that isn't bad.

65% strikes is a real good number.