Kyle Davies as Pinch Hitter

Kyle Davies pinch hit today in the 15th inning for Jose Ascanio. I have to wonder about this move for a couple reasons - the first being that I'm thinkin' that Davies would have been a potential relief pitcher in the game...possibly the next pitcher if the game had gotten tied and the second being that Davies is not, by the numbers at least, the best hitting pitcher who was still on the bench.

There were X pitchers still on the bench - Buddy Carlyle, Tim Hudson, Chuck James, Pete Moylan, and Jo-Jo Reyes. Moylan being the only reliever. Cox had used Jo-Jo as a pinch hitter before and had been successful.

Both Hudson (.200, 8 H, 2 2B, 3 RBI) and James (.194, 6 H, 1 2B, 2 RBI) have better batting averages than Davies (.192, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI).

If it were me, I would have gone with Jo-Jo, who is 2-3 as a big league hitter.