Quote: It Really Hurts, Humber
In his first-ever start, Philip Humber left the game in the sixth inning, with two runners on base and no outs, having allowed just two runs through the previous five innings.
Joe Smith entered in the relief, and was followed by Pedro Feliciano, and six batters later the Nationals scored five runs, three of which were credited to Humber, who got the loss.
Humber, talking to reporters after the game…
“Yeah, my legs started going during that fifth inning, but I was just trying to push through it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make the right pitches at the right time – and that really hurts. To have a five-run lead in the fourth, and then give two of them back…to not be able to get through the fifth, and give our bullpen a chance that really hurts…As a pitching staff, we haven’t been able to really help out (the hitters) a lot, and that was definitely on my shoulders tonight.”
…he looked good…even if one or two of those runs score, but smith and feliciano can get out of that inning, humber’s night looks pretty good, given the amount of pressure he was under…unfortunatly, that’s not how it played out, and his line is ugly, but, from a ‘stuff’ point of view, he looked solid considering how important this game was and that it was his first major-league start…
