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Morris gives up another big inning, blows game to Brewers
By Jeremy Harness September 21, 2006 |
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Now, it would be pretty safe to close the book on the Giants’ chances to sneak into the postseason this season. After they dropped the first game, 9-4, of a critical three-game series against a Milwaukee Brewers club that’s 70-83, and nowhere near the National League’s playoff races, no one should be led to believe that this team has what it takes to get past the San Diego Padres or the Los Angeles Dodgers. On Thursday afternoon, it started and ended with Matt Morris, who lost his 15th game of the year in what has become the worst season in his career in, probably not coincidentally, his first year in a Giants uniform. The man whom the Giants signed to a three-year, $27 million contract in the off-season, gave up four runs in the first three innings as the Giants trailed, 4-0. But that wasn’t the end of the onslaught. See, Morris has been prone to surrendering the big inning, dating back to his days with the St. Louis Cardinals, and that happened again in the fifth inning. Morris got the first out, but after that, Morris completely lost control. He walked two straight batters before giving up a run-scoring single to former Giant David Bell. Two batters later, his pitching counterpart, Dave Bush, who has a whopping .183 average, managed to rip him for a two-run single before manager Felipe Alou finally decided that it would be a good idea to yank Morris. Jamey Wright came into the game, and he really didn’t do much better, walking in a pair of runs before retiring the final two batters to end the inning. The Giants never recovered from the storm, and as a result, the Giants stand five games behind the Padres in the division race while falling four games behind the Dodgers in the wild-card race. |
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