Is it too early to pronounce Cliff Lee as the 2008 Cy Young Award Winner? C.C. may have over a 7 ERA and a 1-5 record, but Cliff's 6-0 record and .81 ERA more than makes up for it. Cliff was just unstoppable tonight. He gave up 6 hits, 4 of them didn't leave the infield (1 should have been an error on Casey) and the 2 doubles were ground balls that went down the lines. The offense wasn't overly terrific though. Wang pitched well, but we should have had more than 3 runs. Francisco needs to learn how to bunt because Dellucci can't save him every time and Grady needs to learn how to go first to third on a throw home from the outfield so he doesn't have to try to steal third with Victor at the plate. The bullpen held up today, but they're overusing the rafy's. Perez has pitched 5 times this month and Betancourt has pitched 4. The last thing I want is them to get burnt out and see more Craig Breslow and Tom Mastny than I want to. Julio, Jensen and Masa have been pitching well, give them a chance in pressure situations than always turning to the Rafy's, it's a long season and there's more than 2 people in the bullpen. Overall, it was a great day, but we need to score more than 3 runs tomorrow off Moose if we expect to win. But if we do win tomorrow, they'll finally be back to .500 which would be fantastic considering how every one except Cliff and Victor have gotten off to a slow start this season.
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