Mike threw again last night for the first time since the all star break for the Beloit Snappers. He had a rough first inning with a couple bleeder hits. The Snappers ended up winning the game 8 to 5.
Tim found a link to a great writeup on Tarsi, which can be read here.
Tars pitched saturday and threw 6 innings giving up 2 earned runs, walking 1, striking out 4 and giving up only 5 hits to earn his 4th victory. This brings mike’s record up to 4-7. The snappers ended up winning the game 8 to 6. Mike’s era over the past 10 games is down to 3.86 and his overall era is at 5.33. The Snappers are heading into their all-star break.
Mike Tarsi started last night for the Beloit snappers and threw 6 innings giving up 3 earned runs and allowing only 6 hits. He walked 3 but none of the walks scored. After walking 2 with 1 out, he came back to strike out back to back hitters. Tars struck out another 7 as his change up was nasty, for a total of 50 on the season.
Tarsi came out in the sixth in a tie ball game. The snappers gave up 2 more in the top of the 7th but came back scoring 3 in the bottom half to end the scoring and take the win at 6-5. Their record improves to 34-30.
Mike’s era has dropped to 3.43 in his last 10 games. He is continuing to bring down his overall era, currently at 5.53.
Mike finally got his first win as a Beloit Snapper yesterday in an 11-3 win. The game started out rough for Mike, giving up 3 runs in the first, but he slammed the door shut after a lead off double in the second. Tarsi pitched 6 innings giving up 9 hits, 5 of which were in the first inning. Mike finished the game walking 3 and striking out 7. It’s so great to finally get that first win under his belt.
Since the first three games of the season mike has posted a much more tarsi like era of 3.38 over the last 5 games.
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Mike had another tough outing last night giving up five earned runs… which sound like they shouldn’t have been earned. Listening to the games on the web casts is very tough and somewhat decieving. I read all the time on different blogs about the Beloit Snappers and it seems that there is a clear trend. Poor defense.
At more than one point last night I heard the announcer for the Bees describe a ground ball going “under the glove” of Snapper infielders, plays that just should be made. The third inning of last night’s game was a rough one for Mike, allowing a couple singles and a walk, which didn’t help, but when you give a team extra outs, that is always going to hurt. A botched double play would have ended the inning only and stopped the Bee’s scoring at 2. It’s tough without watching any of the talent, but I am going to have to agree with Travis from Travis Twins Talk when he grades the defense as a F. Travis also graded the offense as a D+. Pitching can only do so much when they cannot rely on their defense to make plays. Bloop hits are one thing, but allowing fly balls to drop beside you, mis-playing a flyball, allowing a grounder under your glove, blowing perfect double play opportunities, it’s no wonder Travis also gives the Snappers starting pitching a D-.
Hopefully the Snappers can turn it around and get some of their players back to 100% health.
Mike Tarsi is taking the hill tonight against the Burlington Bees. He is looking to extend his streak of great outings for the Beloit Snappers. You can tune into the game by visiting the Minor League Baseball gameday audio site and finding today’s game in the list. You will be asked to register for the site, but it’s very simple and straight forward and FREE! Check back for the game’s results.
