MIND BOGGLING

Manager Dale Sveum called it "mild boggling" on why his team has such a close run differential but is 9 games under .500. He rambled off many of the reasons: untimely hitting, runners in scoring position, lack of power, defense.  But it is the offense that slumbers the most, including last night's awful 1-0 loss to Francisco Liriano and the Pirates.

The team's batting statistics tell the tale.

The only .300 hitters on the squad are two backups and Garza after one game.
There are only three starters hitting more than .280.
There are only two players who have driven in more than 20 runs.
There is only one player who has hit 10 home runs.
Excluding pitchers, there are five players batting under .230.

RK	Player	Team	Pos	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG▼	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Garza, M	CHC	P	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500
2	Sweeney, R	CHC	RF	12	21	3	7	3	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	.333	.391	.619	1.010
3	Ransom, C	CHC	3B	16	46	5	14	4	0	3	5	4	19	0	0	.304	.360	.587	.947
4	DeJesus, D	CHC	CF	43	138	24	41	12	1	5	16	14	21	3	0	.297	.366	.507	.873
5	Castillo, W	CHC	C	36	130	16	38	10	0	1	8	1	36	1	0	.292	.328	.392	.721
6	Schierholtz, N	CHC	RF	39	124	17	35	14	0	5	19	6	17	4	2	.282	.318	.516	.834
7	Castro, S	CHC	SS	45	192	23	51	10	1	3	21	7	31	2	1	.266	.295	.375	.670
8	Soriano, A	CHC	LF	42	163	18	43	11	0	4	15	5	38	5	1	.264	.294	.405	.699
9	Wood, T	CHC	P	12	19	4	5	1	0	1	3	1	7	1	0	.263	.300	.474	.774
10	Rizzo, A	CHC	1B	45	176	22	46	12	0	10	30	14	42	4	3	.261	.326	.500	.826
11	Valbuena, L	CHC	3B	36	106	9	27	5	0	5	14	17	23	1	1	.255	.360	.443	.803
12	Borbon, J	CHC	CF	24	31	3	7	1	0	0	0	5	4	4	1	.226	.333	.258	.591
13	Gonzalez, A	CHC	2B	11	23	3	5	1	0	1	2	2	6	0	0	.217	.269	.391	.661
14	Barney, D	CHC	2B	31	106	13	23	8	1	2	6	13	11	2	0	.217	.314	.368	.682
15	Navarro, D	CHC	C	23	52	4	10	1	0	3	7	3	10	0	1	.192	.236	.385	.621
16	Sappelt, D	CHC	CF	20	45	3	8	2	0	0	1	3	9	2	0	.178	.229	.222	.451
17	Villanueva, C	CHC	P	9	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353
18	Feldman, S	CHC	P	8	20	1	3	2	0	0	4	0	6	0	0	.150	.150	.250	.400
19	Clevenger, S	CHC	C	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347
20	Samardzija, J	CHC	P	10	17	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	10	0	0	.118	.167	.353	.520
21	Hairston, S	CHC	RF	29	55	3	6	2	0	3	7	1	9	1	0	.109	.136	.309	.445
22	Jackson, E	CHC	P	9	14	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.071	.071	.143	.214
23	Lillibridge, B	CHC	2B	9	24	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	.042	.042	.042	.083