Diamondbacks Bullpen

qudjy1 · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1074

What??? no one wants Enrique vs Young???? I'll take it...

8/29 Padres vs Dbacks

Enrique tabbed to take on Padres
San Diego (66-65) at Arizona (64-67), 6:40 p.m. MST
By Lindsey Frazier / MLB.com

For Enrique Gonzalez to be successful in his start on Tuesday against the Padres, he needs to post a zero in the opening inning.
Of the 55 runs he has allowed this year, 24 have come in the first frame. Gonzalez has had a rough stretch of late, having not won a decision since July 17. Since then, he has lost three times and received four no-decisions.

San Diego sends Chris Young to the hill. Young is trying to come back from a muscle strain in the area near his right shoulder blade. The injury forced him to leave his last start -- which came against Arizona at PETCO Park on Aug. 20 -- after one inning.

Young hopes to have ironed out a mechanical flaw in his delivery, which occurred when he first suffered the strain while warming up for that game.

The right-hander has yet to record a win in the month of August, posting a loss and three straight no-decisions.

After the D-Backs defeated the Padres, 7-4, on Monday, San Diego will be looking to even out the series. The D-Backs are five games back in fourth place in the National League West standings, while San Diego is three games behind the first-place Dodgers.

Pitching matchup
ARI: Enrique Gonzalez (3-5, 5.32 ERA)
In his last start against the Giants on Wednesday, Gonzalez surrendered four runs -- three of which came in the first inning -- over four innings and received a no-decision.

SD: Chris Young (9-5, 5.07 ERA)
Young leads the National League in road ERA (2.63) and has not lost on the away from home since June 25, 2005. Over that span, the right-hander has recorded eight wins and 12 no-decisions.

Player to watch
Eric Byrnes continued to hit the Padres hard on Monday, going 4-for-5 with a homer, two doubles and four RBIs from the cleanup spot. Expect him to fill that hole again on Tuesday.

dirtygary · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:11 am Post subject:

I'm #2! I'm #2!

We haven't shut Enrique down yet? What is the FO trying to do to the kid?
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tmar · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1132

Wow on the fox sport pregame with Kevin McCabe they basically admitted that the D-Backs were officially out of the race now. I didn't expect that from McCabe being a house man.

Hey at least they're honest. Wow it must be a replay as they're dissin Webb saying he hasn't pitched more than 6 innings since his return.

XB3 · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject:

Joe SR in the booth tonight ... and GonZo in left. Who knew?

Counsell ss
Hudson 2b
Gonzalez lf
Byrnes cf
Estrada c
Jackson 1b
Tracy 3b
Quentin rf
Gonzalez p

tmar · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1132

Why don't they just send Drew back to Tucson if they're not going to play him.

shoewizard · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

Drew has a sore hand still.

tmar · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1132

Convenient.

shoewizard · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject:

Jackson has made some nice plays the last few days.

Bob A · MLB Rookie Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 228 Location: Tucson

Byrnes is batting clean-up?

shoewizard · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject:

So...Enrique finally gets through a first inning. Thats very very nice.

moviegeekjn · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

Team leader in HRs with 20, and the Dbacks won last night's game with him in that spot. The 4 hole does make more sense for him than the leadoff one.

shoewizard · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

tmar · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1132

This team does need a true clean up hitter. Hopefully CQ shows he's ready by next season.

tmar · Veteran Presence Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1132

There goes the face of the team.

McCray · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject:

i've got a hardon to see cq at cleanup too. and shoe, i think enrique was just scared. i think he read your ballistic rant during the first inning of his last start.

/what was it? oh yeah... "COCKSUCKER!"
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shoewizard · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject:

So, who here is going to buy a Gonzo 300-500 club plaque?

shoewizard · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject:

moviegeekjn · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject:

Catharsis · Journeyman Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 334

I don't buy that Drews hand still hurts. If Counsell were still injured Drew would be playing.

Enrique's back to his old tricks.

Guitar Salad · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject:

I'm sure it doesn't affect the way he plays, but did anyone see Chad Tracy's skull? He's got the dome of a fat guy.
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shoewizard · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:06 pm Post subject:

Nice catch on that popup by Enrique.

that wasn't too bad....he wasn't walking everybody...some grounders got through.

McCray · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject:

"the dome of a fat guy"?! LOL!

you guys are totally going to feel the wrath of the gf one of these days.

and tracy needs to stop doing that. 'cause i like sex. and he's not helping.
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dirtygary · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject:

moviegeekjn · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

dirtygary · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

Nice eye, CJ.
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