Angry at Howry

I don't know what it is about Bob Howry, but as I have continued to watch our Cubbies falter throughout this course of this long, never-ending season, it appears that Bob Howry simply cannot pitch when it matters the most. If one looks at his overall numbers he can easily defend himself by pointing out an ERA in the low 3's....check that, that was before he gave up the grand slam....ok, the 3.62 ERA, good strikeout numbers and peripherals all around. However, whenever he comes in during a pressure situation it seems as though he fails to get the job done. Now I do not have any statistics to back this up but I will look into it. I don't mean to take away from the man's obvious talent, because there are far worse relievers out there than him. If I were the manager of the Cubs however, I would leave him out of late inning pressure situations and let him handle the seventh inning, or just use him based on matchups. Now maybe all this excess use the Cubs relievers have gotten this season has tired Howry out and that's why he gave up the homerun to new Cubs-killer Gary Bennet, but when Howry came on to pitch that ninth inning last night I just had a gut feeling that he was going to blow it. On the year Howry has four saves, though he also has four blown saves. In addition, in one of his saves on July 2, he gave up 3 hits making things rather uncomfortable against the White Sox. In another of his saves he came in to record just one out. So all in all he is 4-8 in save opportunities. In those eight appearances these are Howry's numbers: 6 IP, 13 H, 7ER, 1BB, 4K for an ERA of 10.50. That is not what you would like to see from a highly paid setup man and those numbers do not include last nights game obviously as it wasn't a save opportunity. In all these nubmers are embarrasing and Dusty should be aware of this before he inserts Howry into another ninth inning situation.