Peavy Talk

[Clapp]

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Our pitching and defense killed us. You can't expect to out-slug teams in the postseason. You score 2, 3, or maybe 4 runs a game and you rely on your pitching and defense to keep the other team's offense down.

Dempster shat the bed in game 1 and set the tone. Our defense blew ass in game 2.

Losing the first two games at home in a 5 game series, and it was basically over.

We were the best team in the National League last year. I don't know that we really need to add much, to be honest.
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You're seriously giving our offense a pass? Our offense is absolutely why we lost the series. Ramirez and Soriano are the main reasons for us losing, for the 2nd year in a row.
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I don't know that I'm giving them a pass, but the Dodgers tore apart our pitching and our defense failed us. We weren't going to outscore any team with any offense if we were giving up 10 or more runs a game. That isn't how you win the postseason. You're facing the best pitching in the league. You need to grind out a few runs and hope your pitching holds the other team to 1 or 2 runs.

Our offense blew, but the playoffs are usually low scoring affairs. So that wasn't surprising. What surprised me is that our starting pitching and defense sucked so bad.
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We scored 6 total runs in 2007, 6 total runs in 2008. We were the only team in these playoffs to not score over 3 runs in a game. This was the best offense in the league the whole year, yet they sucked again in the playoffs. You're not going to win a playoff series averaging 2 runs a game.

Aramis in 07- 0 for 12
Aramis in 08- 2 for 11, no RBI. And I know he was up a bunch with runners on, as Lee was 6 for 11 with 2 doubles and a walk in front of him.

Soriano in 07- 2 for 14
Soriano in 08- 0 for 14


These are the guys we count on, they have to hit. We had so many chances with runners in scoring position each of the last 2 years, and our hitters flat out choked. Game 1 could've been had, but our offense fell asleep aside from the DeRosa homer which was a fluke windblown shot by the way. It was a 4-2 game when Dempster left it, and we still had 5 innings to comeback. In the regular season we certainly do it, but our hitters can't sack up in the playoffs. That's the truth. It's why we need a clutch hitter more than anything.

Peavy's playoff stats:
4.1 IP, 8 H, 8 ER
5.1 IP, 11 H, 5 ER

And he's going to have to throw shutouts or allow 2 runs max to make a difference for our offense that falls asleep when it matters unless we make some changes.