07-16-2009, 03:54 AM
He's been at 94-97 a lot in this last game and at Pittsburgh. The problem is like some of these guys have said, he's throwing everything right down the middle. Leaving pitches up way too much. I was worried about it in ST, especially with his changeup, and it's carried over to the regular season.
I expect to lose this first game, think they'll take Harden deep a couple times and we won't hit Lannan just like last year. He's also 3-0 with a 2.20 ERA at home, and just 2 homers allowed in 61.1 innings.
Then again, Harden is 3-1 with a 2.59 ERA on the road, so who knows. I didn't realize just how much worse he's been at home: 2-5, 7.59 ERA.
Somehow gotta go no worse than 3-4 on this trip, and that's going to be damn tough. Hart and Harden in Philly scares the shit out of me. Meanwhile, the Cards toss Carpenter and Wainwright against the Dbacks this weekend. Hopefully we can be less than 5 or so out by the upcoming homestand. Our schedule the rest of the year is a huge bitch(particularly 4 at LA, 4 at CO, 4 at SF at the end of a 10 game road trip that starts with 3 at STL and 3 at MIL. that last 10 gamer is the last week and the half of the season. fun.)
I expect to lose this first game, think they'll take Harden deep a couple times and we won't hit Lannan just like last year. He's also 3-0 with a 2.20 ERA at home, and just 2 homers allowed in 61.1 innings.
Then again, Harden is 3-1 with a 2.59 ERA on the road, so who knows. I didn't realize just how much worse he's been at home: 2-5, 7.59 ERA.
Somehow gotta go no worse than 3-4 on this trip, and that's going to be damn tough. Hart and Harden in Philly scares the shit out of me. Meanwhile, the Cards toss Carpenter and Wainwright against the Dbacks this weekend. Hopefully we can be less than 5 or so out by the upcoming homestand. Our schedule the rest of the year is a huge bitch(particularly 4 at LA, 4 at CO, 4 at SF at the end of a 10 game road trip that starts with 3 at STL and 3 at MIL. that last 10 gamer is the last week and the half of the season. fun.)
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