Phil Dumatrait Probably Had a Worse Day Than You

Maybe you're thinking you had a pretty crappy day today. After all, by the end of the day there will have been 13 NFL games played, which means that 13 teams will have lost. Or maybe you're a Cubs fan and you saw your team fall out of first place. Maybe you're a Jay Gibbons fan (don't laugh, my roommate in college was one) and you're down about his alleged steroid use. Still, Reds' pitcher Phil Dumatrait probably had a worse day than you did. I'll let the box score illustrate for you. Keep in mind that the following is unedited and is from the first inning of today's Reds/Brewers game.

Pitching: Phil Dumatrait
Rickie Weeks: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Rickie Weeks hits solo home run to left-center field
J.J. Hardy: Ball, J, J, Hardy hits solo home run to right field
Ryan Braun: Ball, Foul, Ryan Braun hits solo home run to center field
Prince Fielder: Prince Fielder singles to left-center field
Corey Hart: Ball, Corey Hart singles to center field, Prince Fielder to second
Tom Shearn in for Phil Durmatrait

That's right. Three straight homers to lead off the game, then two singles for good measure. Dumatrait threw 12 pitches and three of them got whacked out of the park, while two more of them got hit for singles. The Brewers ended up hitting three more homers before the game was over (Weeks and Braun went yard again and Johnny Estrada joined the party) to cruise to the 10-5 victory that put them back in first place in the NL Central alone for the first time since August 16th.