By: Mike Rose
8/23/2006 2:21:02 PM
Tony Armas seems to have refound his earlier season magic. He's only 1-1 in his L/3 starts, but he's struck out 11 while walking 5 in 18 innings of work and only gave up a total of 5 earned runs.
Olsen's been nothing short of awful his L/3 starts posting an 0-3 mark with a bloated 9.69 ERA. He's walked nine batters in only 13 innings of work, and seems to have hit the proverbial wall that young pitchers always seem to hit after taking on a much larger workload. He didn't make it past the second inning in his last start vs. Atlanta where he gave up 4 hits, 4 walks and allowed 5 earned runs in just 1.2 innings of work. He's also 0-2 in his only two starts vs. the Nats this year.
I don't like the situation they're in this evening with Scott Olsen toeing the rubber this evening. I'm looking for him to put forth another decent effort this evening, and for the Nats bats to get healthy off of the struggling Scott Olsen. The Nats will cash as a mid sized road pup, and avoid the sweep in the process.
8/23/2006 2:21:02 PM
Tony Armas seems to have refound his earlier season magic. He's only 1-1 in his L/3 starts, but he's struck out 11 while walking 5 in 18 innings of work and only gave up a total of 5 earned runs.
Olsen's been nothing short of awful his L/3 starts posting an 0-3 mark with a bloated 9.69 ERA. He's walked nine batters in only 13 innings of work, and seems to have hit the proverbial wall that young pitchers always seem to hit after taking on a much larger workload. He didn't make it past the second inning in his last start vs. Atlanta where he gave up 4 hits, 4 walks and allowed 5 earned runs in just 1.2 innings of work. He's also 0-2 in his only two starts vs. the Nats this year.
I don't like the situation they're in this evening with Scott Olsen toeing the rubber this evening. I'm looking for him to put forth another decent effort this evening, and for the Nats bats to get healthy off of the struggling Scott Olsen. The Nats will cash as a mid sized road pup, and avoid the sweep in the process.
