"He's joked around before like, 'You need to learn how to finish them.'
And I started laughing. "He didn't say
anything. He just looked at me in the dugout, and I go, 'Oh, Mr.
Perfect knows how to finish them.'"
- While he's no Mark Buehrle, Gavin Floyd's brush with perfection against the Red Sox on Saturday was broken up with a sixth-inning single by Nick Green. Floyd allowed one run on three hits while fanning 11 in a 5-1 win.
"After what Ross did, it's amazing that we lost that game."
- Ross Ohlendorf struck out the side on nine pitches in the seventh inning -- only the 43rd time in baseball history that has occurred -- but the Pirates moved one loss closer to setting a major league record with 17 consecutive losing seasons. Albert Pujols' pinch-hit home run -- his major-league leading 44th of the season -- extended the Pirates losing streak to nine.
"You have to give credit where credit is due. Over the last 10 days or so, Yorvit has taken the bull by the horns. I am not being fair to the rest of the guys in black shirts if I don't recognize that. The way he's playing he gets to take the bulk of playing time right now.
Rockies manager Jim Tracy, as Yorvit Torrealba has officially replaced Chris Iannetta as the club's starting catcher. Since the All-Star break, Iannetta is batting .208/.301/.427 while Torrealba has put up a .333/.390/.362 line.
"This is not how I wanted to go out. I'm surprised they kept me throwing this long, I'm grateful. Now is the start of my preparation for next year."
- Mat Latos, who allowed four runs -- two earned -- over three innings in his final start of the year against the Dodgers on Saturday night. The Padres elected to shut the 21-year-old rookie down after he tossed a career-high 123 innings between his time with the big club (50 2/3 innings) and the minors (72 1/3 innings) this season. He finishes his rookie campaign 4-5 with a 4.62 ERA and 1.30 WHIP in 10 starts.
- While he's no Mark Buehrle, Gavin Floyd's brush with perfection against the Red Sox on Saturday was broken up with a sixth-inning single by Nick Green. Floyd allowed one run on three hits while fanning 11 in a 5-1 win.
"After what Ross did, it's amazing that we lost that game."
- Ross Ohlendorf struck out the side on nine pitches in the seventh inning -- only the 43rd time in baseball history that has occurred -- but the Pirates moved one loss closer to setting a major league record with 17 consecutive losing seasons. Albert Pujols' pinch-hit home run -- his major-league leading 44th of the season -- extended the Pirates losing streak to nine.
"You have to give credit where credit is due. Over the last 10 days or so, Yorvit has taken the bull by the horns. I am not being fair to the rest of the guys in black shirts if I don't recognize that. The way he's playing he gets to take the bulk of playing time right now.
Rockies manager Jim Tracy, as Yorvit Torrealba has officially replaced Chris Iannetta as the club's starting catcher. Since the All-Star break, Iannetta is batting .208/.301/.427 while Torrealba has put up a .333/.390/.362 line.
"This is not how I wanted to go out. I'm surprised they kept me throwing this long, I'm grateful. Now is the start of my preparation for next year."
- Mat Latos, who allowed four runs -- two earned -- over three innings in his final start of the year against the Dodgers on Saturday night. The Padres elected to shut the 21-year-old rookie down after he tossed a career-high 123 innings between his time with the big club (50 2/3 innings) and the minors (72 1/3 innings) this season. He finishes his rookie campaign 4-5 with a 4.62 ERA and 1.30 WHIP in 10 starts.
