Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Nationals (6/5)

with Pierre.  He's going to continue to break out of that skump.  

Unless he doesn't start.

In which case, Lowell will.

...and if neither of them do, than I have no business predicting anything.  Although it CAN be tough with Jack...

Well, despite the heartbreaking loss, I consider it a good thing to see us get 12 hits in a ballgame. Now, the number of LOBs could stand to go down significantly, but still... (Oh, and the reason I made no predictions is b/c I slept past the start of the game.)

I'd like to suggest a thread where we can vent and rant and rave and cuss and everything (discretion warnings obviously would be in the original post) about the recent struggles. I woulda started it, but I wanted permission from the bigwigs before I did it. ;) Anywho, time to go. L8a g8as!

The problem right now is the hitting.  The team has 4 starting pitchers with an ERA under 3.00.  The relief has been spotty at best and tends to implode when the team most needs them to come through.  But the hitting just hasn't been there the past 3 or 4 weeks.  It's hard watching these starters give consistently good and great efforts and then having it waste away because the team can't get a timely hit.  The top of the 8th is a great example.  Harris ties it at 3, 1 out, man on third--Marlins don't get him home.  Good teams get that run in.  This isn't a good baseball team and is really starting to look a lot like the 2003 Dodgers with a worse relief staff.

Attendance today was announced at 40,995. That means the attendance point goes to Carolina, who had the high guess of the day.

Half a point for those that had Burnett (Double B, Carolina, and Craig) and LoDuca (me) for his three hit performance.  

I'll even be generous today and give half a point to Wiggins for Lowell.