A messy old start for us and it's fair to say the good run we've had with basically everything falling our way these past couple years is just swinging back over to the other side of the spirit level a bit for the moment. 9-12 at home, 9-16 v RHP, 4-8 in one-run games - all fairly conclusive evidence against us being in a good space right now. A brutal schedule has not helped.
20-22 is not disastrous by any stretch and it's still relatively early, but we're already 9 GB which means our next move best be a positive one if we want to take a run at it again this year.
Little wrong with our offence to this point - our problem is the pitching, both starting and relief. Meyer and Raschi have held their own, but Sain and Hutchinson have struggled and Masterson has been an unmitigated disaster. In the BP, last season's hero Art Houtteman has done it tough so far and that has put the other guys under the pump. The whole things been one of those domino shows and needs to be tightened up, top to bottom, if we're to have any chance of bridging the gap.
Dodgers and Cards fans - dare to dream?
Monthly Award Winners
May
American League
- Batter – Ted Williams (Red Sox): 442 / 10 HR / 26 RBI
- Pitcher – Vern Bickford (White Sox): 5-1 / 1.51 / 27 K / 47.2 IP
- Rookie – Vern Bickford
National League
- Batter – Stan Musial (Cardinals): 365 / 6 HR / 28 RBI
- Pitcher – Ewell Blackwell (Reds): 6-0 / 1.09 / 41 K / 49.1 IP
- Rookie – Marino Pieretti (Giants): 4-1 / 1.91 / 10 K / 33 IP
News and Leaders
- The Phillies’ season starts in terrible fashion with ace Curt Simmons lost for 3 months to a torn meniscus and then boom rookie Robin Roberts also hurt and out for the same length of time with an elbow injury, with reliever Slim Emmerich done for the year as well. Their crosstown rival Athletics fare little better, with 2B Benny McCoy ruled out for most of the year with another meniscus tear.
- Willard Brown reaches 2000 career hits, Benny Frey 100 saves.
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