Inmates 4, DVs 3

The Inmates rolled through Tulsa earlier this week and took 4 of 7 from the DVs.

Nothing overly notable in the series other than the DV’s starting pitching may be getting WORSE- which is hard to believe given that Hammel (6.18 ERA), Maholm (6.00) and Halladay (5.52) are about as bad as you can get. Give them a WS ring and they turn to crap.

Here are some samples – DVs lose game 1 with Hammel  = 6 IP, 11H, 5 ER, then DVs win games 2, 3 and 4 as Weaver and Latos pitch those and DVs score 21 runs across those 3 games. Then game 5 – Maholm 5 IP 11 hits, 7 ER; game 6 Halladay 5 IP, 10 hits, 6 ER are losses. Last game, Maholm actually goes 7 IP with 7 hits and 2 runs – and DVs lose 2-1 as Craig misses a 2 run BP HR chance (my park 1-15), then Holliday follows Craig and MISSES ANOTHER. Back-to-back piss on my leg, dang. But wait – it gets better. Craig up in the 6^th inning with a two run BP chance  - missed. And the coup d’état: Ramirez up in the 7^th with a runner on and rolls a 1-18 HR chance – and he MISSED IT TOO. Even The “I never get a freaking roll” Inmates admitted that was as crappy of luck as he’s seen. Somewhere the devil is doing a triple lutz followed by a double salchow. Frankly if the Inmates ever met a ball they didn’t want to swing at and drew some walks, it could have been worse as they only drew 12 walks in those 7 games.