Kluber just looked off. He clearly looked, from the first pitch, like he was dropping his elbow and getting underneath his pitches. They say he is healthy but his start last night was reminiscent of last post-season.
Speaking of throwback performances, Tyler Naquin is looking a lot like the Tyler Naquin of the 2016 playoffs. I hope he turns it around but he looks more like a AAAA player to me every day.
Speaking of AAAA players, Lonnie Chisenhall really should have caught Carpenter's HR in the 1st inning. I mean, I could have caught that ball and I am 65 years old. And his throw to home plate on the base hit? The guy should have been out by 10 feet but Chisenhall looked like he was just trying to get rid of it as fast as he could and, as a result, got no speed on the throw. And his hits in this series? Total luck. There is a reason the guy has no HRs. His swing is so weak that the ball can't even make it to the outfielders. Once people get this and start playing him more shallow, he will be done unless he fixes this.
Typical bullpen night. Yawn!
Finally, Alonso looked very uncomfortable in the box. Plus, as good of a fielder as he is, he should have made the play on the ball he deflected to Kipnis. Kipnis, for the second night in a row, looked shaky defensively. He is really showing no range at all at this point.
In summary, this loss was, to me, more than just a bad loss. We need to fix the things above.
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