also, GMU, livan's a pretty good hitter. but i expect him to come out or at least start the 6th. we don't have an offday in a while, so we need to go deep in games as much as we can.
He shouldn't be coming out. Not only is 113 pitches a lot with no off days, it's clear that he struggled today. Why bring him out tired against the Braves lineup, not to mention you can get a pinch hitter who is a lot better than Hernandez. Why do you need to save your pinch hitters. Isn't the point of them is to use in critical situations? A 1 run game is critical especially when you factor that Kawakami sucks and you want to get as many runs as you can against before he leaves.
