Bob McManaman of the Arizona Republic reports the D'backs will use two scheduled pitchers tonight, with the first one, Stephen Randolph, on a short leash.
Steven Randolph is a wild 30-year-old lefthander. He has walked 55 batters in 55 innings. The team better make him throw strikes. He's been very hard to hit otherwise. When the pitcher rolls the ball to the plate or lobs it to the backstop, it makes sense that opposing batters might do no better than .191 against him.
Lance Cormier is a young wild righthander just called up from Tucson. In 21 major-league innings, teams have hit .383 / .444 / .745 off him.
Last night, Mac yanked a less-than-stellar Sean Burnett early for a pinch hitter. I hope he would do the same tonight with Vogelsong. If he doesn't have his best stuff, don't leave him in there. Play it like a playoff game, Mac.
Game time 9:35pm.
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