I just returned from this afternoon's series finale between the Twins and the White Sox. Once again, Carlos Silva pitched a very good game and was saddled with the loss. Silva went six innings, allowing 6 hits, issuing only 1 walk, and allowing 3 runs. But, for the third time this season with Carlos on the mound, the Twins were shut out.
The Twins are not giving any run support to Carlos Silva. They are averaging 3.1 runs in Silva's seven starts, and half the runs they scored in support of him came on one day, April 28th against Detroit.
The Twins may be able to get by scoring only 2 or 3 runs when Santana is on the mound, but when Silva is out there they need to score more. Silva has shaken off last season's bad results and deserves a record better than 2-3. His control has returned and his sinker is once again sinking.
Now, the bats need to wake up when he takes the hill!
touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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