Which Milwaukee pitcher takes the loss in this situation? We may be at the point where Julia gets the correct answer (and doesn't feel sorry for the starter Sheets on the mistaken assumption that his stat line would be credited with a loss); more importantly, we long ago reached the point where she realized how stupid wins and losses were as an individual stats metric.
(No, even if I weren't a married man, I wouldn't be willing to date Joe Morgan.)
[B. Sheets pitches six scoreless innings. J. Capellan pitches a scoreless seventh inning and is still pitching in the eighth.]
Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 0
Bottom 8th: St. Louis
- A. Pujols singled to right
- P. Wilson struck out swinging
- S. Rolen doubled to left, A. Pujols to third
- B. Shouse relieved J. Capellan
- J. Encarnacion hit for J. Edmonds
- J. Encarnacion intentionally walked
- F. Cordero relieved B. Shouse
- B. Clark in right field
- R. Belliard lined out to right
- S. Spiezio hit for Y. Molina
- S. Spiezio tripled to deep right, S. Rolen, J. Encarnacion and A. Pujols scored
- J. Rodriguez hit for T. Johnson
- J. Rodriguez fouled out to third
3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors
Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 3
[And Milwaukee didn't score in the ninth.]
UPDATE: Just realized this when I went back in to put bold tags: ZOMG did somebody's individual stats get unfairly hosed by a stupid accounting gimmick. When I ask Julia this question (when she gets home), I know exactly who she'll guess should get the loss, and morally she'll be right.
Posted by Matt Bruce at September 30, 2006 01:59 PM