lexrageorge said:
Kelly's BABIP against, which is essentially out of his control, was a whopping 0.500.
If Kelly had been pulled after 5, his BABIP would have been 0.333. Sometimes, it's just bad luck at inopportune times.
Time to re-watch that inning. I don't recall a particularly shitty pitching job. I recall an inconsistent strike zone, a lot of stupid well-placed hits, but still - batters getting too much wood on the ball relative to the previous innings. I'm not going to go by game logs, but a re-watch. I'll take notes and report back (because I have nothing better to do this morning).
Here it is:
Cabrerra: Seeing Eye Ground Ball Base Hit on a Poor First Pitch
Longoria: Bad Pitch, Strike Called a Ball, Ball, Solid Line Drive Hit on a Cookie Fastball
Jennings: Bad Pitch, Ball (visit by Nieves), Bloop Hit to Centerfield
Dykstra: Bad Pitch, Seeing Eye Line Drive Just Out of the Reach of Bogaerts on a Good Pitch (just missing a double play)
Forsyth: Ball (97 mph fastball), Strike Called a Ball, Strike Called a Ball, Ball (run walked in)
Breakdown: 14 pitches
2 lucky hits plus one near double play
3 strikes called balls (Both sequences critical)
5 shitty pitches (out of 14) resulting in 2 solid hits and 3 of the 5 batters faced starting out 1-0.
No chasing of pitches by any Ray hitter
No called strikes, no swinging strikes, no foul balls
What a fucked up inning - but as I thought, not a horrible job by Kelly - not a good one either.
Watch it yourself and see if you agree.