If tonight wasn't proof then I don't know what is.
Manny Delcarmen came into the bottom of the ninth inning in an 11-3 ball game at Camden Yards and began his outing by allowing back-to-back home runs to Ty Wigginton and Felix Pie.
He then walked the next two batters he faced and was thereafter pulled by Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona.
There were still no outs in the inning.
Ramon Ramirez was summoned and cleaned up Delcarmen's mess as the Red Sox eventually won it, 11-5.
MLB.com Red Sox beat writer Ian M Browne posted Delcarmen's month by month ERA's on Twitter and the numbers aren't pretty.
April - 0.00 ERA
May - 3.00 ERA
June - 4.00 ERA
July - 4.66 ERA
Aug. - 5.25 ERA
Sept.- 6.75 ERA (before Saturday's game)
His overall ERA is 3.74.
For some reason Delcarmen is going ba ...
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Manny Delcarmen Has Some Major Pitching Issues at the Worst Time
Posted: 19th September 2009 by Amanda Bruno in MLBComments Off on Manny Delcarmen Has Some Major Pitching Issues at the Worst Time