Just when I thought things couldn’t get any worse…

the Diamondbacks drop two of three to the Reds–who are about as bad as the Giants–at home, in extra innings. The starting pitching has straightened itself out; Randy Johnson had a good outing Saturday, but at this rate, he’ll have to pitch ’til he’s 50 to get to 300. Rookie Max Scherzer struck out nine in 6 innings today, but got only one run of support. Jon Rauch gave up the homer in the 10th that won it for the Reds today. And Micah Owings, yeah, that Micah Owings, hit the game winning double for the Reds yesterday.

Owings was hurt this year, and will not pitch these last two weeks of the season. But hitting doesn’t hurt him and so he volunteered to be a pinch hitter. I think he’ll convert to the offense within the next year or two, especially if he gets injured pitching again. He’s just too good a hitter to go to waste. That’s obvious. Where he’d end up at a pitcher is not obvious yet. If it looks like he’s at best a back of the rotation guy, he should switch to 1st base, a position he played at Tulane.

As for the Diamondbacks, they didn’t get the timely hit against the Reds. Oh, they put guys on base. On Saturday, the batter who led off the inning got on 8 times out of 9. But they couldn’t bring their runners in. They went 2-35 with with RISP in this series.

The Dodgers lost a pitchers’ duel to the Rockies: 1-0 in 10, and the D’Backs couldn’t capitalize on it.

It’s been that kind of year.

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