Chris Vallimont may be pitching himself back into 40-man consideration based on his early-season results. He started in this game, going four innings and allowing just one run on two hits, one walk, and seven strikeouts. The one run scored on a solo homer.
After Joey Krehbiel tossed his fourth scoreless inning of the season, Ryan Watson came on and things fell apart. Over 2.1 innings the big righty served up seven runs (six earned) on seven hits, two walks, one strikeout, and two home runs. Morgan McSweeney entered midway through the eighth inning to mop up a bit, but didn’t look great, allowing two walks although he did not give up any of his own runs.