The Twins had a 4-3 lead going into the eighth inning last night. Jared Burton, the guy who USED to be our eighth-inning guy, promptly gave up three runs on three hits in ONE-THIRD of an inning. The Yankees went on snap their five-game losing streak winning 10-4. And Buton's record dropped to 1-6 on the season.
Another day, another abysmal pitching performance. Diamond wasn't great last night, but he was solid enough to get out of a couple jams and he did leave with the lead, giving up just TWO earned runs in a little over 6 innings. In other words he pitched well enough to get the win.
The Twins once sure fire bullpen, the bullpen with the best ERA in the A.L., is starting to wear out and wear thin. It's probably the result of three months of overuse and starting pitching inepitude that I've labeled "Worley-itis." I predicted this would happen a couple of weeks into the season.
Seeing it come to fruition gives me no joy. Knowing it was coming still did not prepare me to experience it. Our starting pitching is now much better than when the season started but our worn out bullpen is going to start costing us the games that we should now be winning.
And why did it have to happen against the Yankees? They aren't that good this season.
Something NEEDS to be done about Burton and his continual failures. Gardy will probably do something in late August. He gave Worley two months of abject failure before making a change.
There's no sense in doing anything rash. Gardy is too old-school for that.
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