In my game notes from Monday, I wrote that with Jeff Karstens pitching an inning of relief, I thought there was a possibility, however small, that Chaz Morton would be called up to start tonight.  Well it turns out he was called up start, but it didn’t last long.  Morton apparently experienced some hamstring tightness during warm ups, was allowed to give it a go, but after one scoreless inning decided he couldn’t pitch through it and was pulled.  Karstens came in, and the bullpen combined for 8 innings, allowing only 2 earned runs and 5 hits.  While the effort from Karstens and the rest of the ‘pen was nice, I don’t understand this at all.  Morton is young kid who could potentially be a starter here for a long time.  Why even send him out there if the injury occurred during warm ups?

There wasn’t much in the way of offense in this one. Adam LaRoche went 1-3 with 2 RBI and 2 BB, Freddy Sanchez was 2-4 with a 2B.  Despite that, the bullpen was able to hold on for a 3-2 win, improving the team to 27-32 on the season.