Lucroy was referring not to the Marcum who struggled down the stretch and in the postseason that year, but the one who pitched better than rotation mates Zack Greinke and Yovani Gallardo for a large part of the regular season, despite a fastball that struggled to register 90 mph.
That's where Davies, acquired in a trade with the Orioles in July and promoted to the Majors this week, topped out on the radar gun Wednesday. But it worked for three hitless innings of his Major League debut before Davies found trouble in the fourth, when a fastball that was supposed to be inside against Aramis Ramirez caught the edge of the plate, and Ramirez smacked a three-run home run.