Moose on the Lose

What's wrong with Mike Mussina? ESPN claims that he has had two bad outings in a row, which is certainly true, but his troubles go further back than that. Look at his monthly breakdowns for the season and notice that he hasn't pitched consistently well since April and that he has been bailed out by tremendous run support from his teammates (RS = runs for the entire game not just while Mussina is pitching):

Month  ERA   W L  G  IP   H  R  ER BB   K  AVG  K/BB  BB/9  K/9   WHIP HR  RS
April  3.71  3 1  5  34  24 14  14  7  31 .190  4.43  1.85  8.21  0.91  7  4.6
May    5.03  4 1  6  39  37 23  22  9  34 .243  3.78  2.06  7.78  1.17  4  7.8
June   5.35  4 1  6  35  42 21  21  7  25 .300  3.57  1.78  6.37  1.39  7  6.8
July   5.22  2 2  5  29  36 18  17  6  18 .300  3.00  1.84  5.52  1.43  3  6.8
August 6.43  0 1  1   7  14  5   5  0   3 .438  -.--  0.00  3.86  2.00  0  2.0
Total  4.90 13 6 23 145 153 81  79 29 111 .268  3.83  1.80  6.89  1.26 21  6.4