Man, Drew Pomeranz has been getting fucked this year. As of right now, his season ERA is 1.62 (through 7 shutout innings tonight), and yet, he's locked in another 0-0 pitcher's duel. When you look at his cumulative run support numbers, they don't look all that bad, but when you look deeper, you realize it's a misleading number. He got 24 runs from his offense in his first two wins.
In his other 7 starts, including tonight, the Padres have scored a total of 7 runs. He's lost games so far this year by scores of 1-0, 2-1, 3-0 and 5-4, and he's won games 1-0 and 2-0 (outside of the 2 blowouts in his first two wins).
It's funny because he's going up against Cueto tonight, who seems to also have issues with run support. He's 6-1 on the season, but he's also won games by scores of 2-1, 4-2, 2-1, 1-0, 2-1 and 4-3 (he also had two 9-6 wins, and his loss was 2-6). Who will come out on top in the battle of guys whose offenses hate them on most nights?
Edit: Through 7 innings tonight, Cueto has given up 1 hit, no walks, and 4 k's, and Pomeranz through 6.1 has given up 2 hits, 3 walks and 3 k's. Fun stuff.
In his other 7 starts, including tonight, the Padres have scored a total of 7 runs. He's lost games so far this year by scores of 1-0, 2-1, 3-0 and 5-4, and he's won games 1-0 and 2-0 (outside of the 2 blowouts in his first two wins).
It's funny because he's going up against Cueto tonight, who seems to also have issues with run support. He's 6-1 on the season, but he's also won games by scores of 2-1, 4-2, 2-1, 1-0, 2-1 and 4-3 (he also had two 9-6 wins, and his loss was 2-6). Who will come out on top in the battle of guys whose offenses hate them on most nights?
Edit: Through 7 innings tonight, Cueto has given up 1 hit, no walks, and 4 k's, and Pomeranz through 6.1 has given up 2 hits, 3 walks and 3 k's. Fun stuff.