Q THE OFFENSE

Carlos Quentin maybe, possibly, snapped out of his April doldrums with a homer and a double (plus a walk).  Speaking of walks, the Gunslingers added 12 more to the ledger in 55 PA.  We are walking like Sandra Bullock!  Adrian Gonzalez picked up three more, and Justin Smoak contributed the only way he can right now with two more BB's.  Come on, J-Smoak, Ike Davis is making you look like a chump.

Kenshin Kawakami did nothing to halt the escalating ERA and WHIP of the pitching staff, with a five run, five hit, four walk performance against the Cardinals in four and a third innings.  Nick Masset better not get a long-term lease in Cincinnati after yet another bad outing last night.  He came in to finish off a 6-1 game against the Astros started by rookie phenom Mike Leake and was yanked after giving up a two-run homer to Lance Berkman.  Relievers are such tightly wired creatures who can go from untouchable to completely off-the-charts bad almost instantaneously.  I'll never understand it.

Mike Trout singled, doubled and tripled last night against Clinton, raising the OPS back over .900.  Martin Perez went five, striking out five but walking four, and ceding his first homer of the year.  He gave it up to Sawyer Carroll of the hometown Missions.  Sawyer, buddy, save that stuff for somebody else, will ya?