So I write today about yesterday's game. C. J. Wilson pitched a complete game 2-hitter -- AND LOST! The only run was unearned, coming off of an error by Endy Chavez.
The media is pinning this loss on Chavez, and I am thinking how unfair that is. If he hadn't made the error, what would the score have been? 0-0. That is not a win. Who is to say that the Rangers would have won in extra innings?
No, when a team like the Rangers get a complete game 1-run outing, they ought to win every time. The blame for this game goes to the offense. In a 162-game season, you will have games like this, but any time THIS offense fails to score AT LEAST three runs -- they have had an off-night.
This is my humble, but expert, opinion. I am really sorry for C. J. But let Chavez off the hook here.
1 comment:
Errors kill.
I agree that this offense ought to generate runs and the Angels pitching gets some credit yesterday. That said, in baseball, losses with errors will most often get the player with the error blamed. It's just the way baseball go.
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