The Thunder's previous two losses have been directly attributable to bullpen failure. This leads me to wonder if perhaps the pitchers who bide their time just across the right-field foul line at Waterfront Park are a little bit tired at the season's late juncture.

Here are the innings each member of the pen has tossed this season, and, for good measure, their previous high.

Eric Wordekemper:
2009: 52 2/3 IP
Previous High: 81 2/3

Josh Schmidt:
2009: 77 1/3
Previous High: 68

Humberto Sanchez:
2009: 28 1/3
Previous High: 123 (when he was a starter)

Wilkins Arias:
2009: 55 2/3
Previous High: 140 2/3 (as a starter) 68 2/3 (solely as a reliever)

Jose Valdez:
2009: 53 1/3
Previous High: 60 1/3 (solely as a reliever)

Grant Duff - this is his first season as a full-time reliever (although he made one start with Tampa)
2009: 66
Previous High: 139

Kanekoa Texeira:
2009: 96 2/3 (!)
Previous High: 61