Yes, the defense was pathetic but Speigner was equally as awful. Lead-off walks always equal runs and then from there on he was just tossing BP. He even let the pitcher get a hit off of him which cost the Nats 2 more runs. If I never see Speigner pitch again it will be too soon.
You can't give a major league team 7 outs in an inning ... the fact is - Speigner did enough in the beginning to get out of that inning with no damage ... he has to be incredibly demoralizing to still be pitching when you should be sitting in the dugout ...
