| Aspect | Score | Notes |
| Table Setters |  |
Slight upgrade for Willy Taveras drawing a walk and not striking out. |
| Heart of the Lineup |  |
Todd Helton and Brad Hawpe did the hitting against a left hander. Where Garrett Atkins and Matt Holliday were last night is still a mystery, but those two lookalikes that replaced them were no good. In fairness, at least Matt's outs were mostly deep into center field. |
| Bottom of the Order |  |
Notice how the Tulo complaints have quieted the last couple of days as his average ticks up. The game ending DP wasn't good, but we were down eight, so even a clutch hit would likely have been futile. Iannetta drew another walk had a solid six pitch at bat before striking out, and flew out to right. I'm not sure where Kiszla is getting his complaints from other than the small sample BA. |
| Situational Hitting/Bench |  |
Carroll got some more work as a replacement for Kaz and didn't do anything tonight to make the team think twice about who their regular starter is. His bases loaded K with two outs in the fifth was our last real chance to start getting back into this game. Finley GIDP's and Baker flies out to right in PH roles. |
| Starting Pitching | |
Francis will bounce back. It wasn't a good night for him to be off his game though, as this loss was quite discouraging. |
| Middle Relief |  |
Josh Fogg and McClellan did alright in their first MLB relief appearances for quite awhile. One run in three innings isn't bad. |
| Late Relief |  |
Not much pressure, but Fuentes looked good. |
| Coaching/Management | |
For switching down Hawkins early in the day, Hurdle gets a bonus here even if last night's score was pretty bad. |
| Luck |  |
Barry Zito decides to start his season against us after sluffing off the last two weeks? That's a bad bit of chance right there, if you ask me. |
| Defense |  |
A bit sloppy last night, but there wasn't much going right for the team anywhere. |
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