06-08-2010, 11:42 AM
From Olney's column today on Silva:
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->He threw 73.5 percent of his pitches for strikes, his highest strike percentage in a game since August 2007. He mixed in 31 changeups (25 of them when even or ahead in the count), and did not give up a hit with the change for the second straight game. Silva's last two opponents (the Cardinals and Pirates) are 0-for-13 when putting changeups in play. He did not surrender a hit in a 2-strike count (0-for-11). He faced more than four batters only once in his seven innings. A leadoff double by Lastings Milledge in the seventh was the only run to score. Pirates were 1-for-6 with RISP. Additional note: <b>Silva's 3-0 count to Akinori Iwamura in the fifth inning was only the second time he's been 3-0 on anyone all season.</b> A four-pitch walk to Jason Bay on April 21 was the other.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pretty impressive
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->He threw 73.5 percent of his pitches for strikes, his highest strike percentage in a game since August 2007. He mixed in 31 changeups (25 of them when even or ahead in the count), and did not give up a hit with the change for the second straight game. Silva's last two opponents (the Cardinals and Pirates) are 0-for-13 when putting changeups in play. He did not surrender a hit in a 2-strike count (0-for-11). He faced more than four batters only once in his seven innings. A leadoff double by Lastings Milledge in the seventh was the only run to score. Pirates were 1-for-6 with RISP. Additional note: <b>Silva's 3-0 count to Akinori Iwamura in the fifth inning was only the second time he's been 3-0 on anyone all season.</b> A four-pitch walk to Jason Bay on April 21 was the other.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pretty impressive