"when you fail to score a single run, you're going to lose anyway."

Thank you!  Jeez.  Maybe these writers can finally stop talking about Cargo's potential and take a good hard look at the rest of the recent batting. Desmond has been a disaster.

Also, Chatty in particular has had crap luck recently with run support.  His last 2 games (Pirates and SF) were 6 innings each, giving up 1 run and then 2.  Good starts. Yet he wasn't the pitcher of record in either game.  Couldn't score 2 runs?!  Last night, he had the additional problem of 2 guys in the lineup not quite ready for prime time on defense.  A good pitcher has to sack up and get over it, but let's just say he was battling issues Kershaw wasn't.

I'm not quite ready to toss him to the wolves.  At least on the road.