Moyer could have pitched 20 innings and given up zero runs one would still be reaching to state he was the reason the Indians did not win Maybe Moyer benefited from some stellar D maybe the bull pen pitched better the nights he pitched vs Freddy Garcia who had the same number of starts lower ERA but went 1 1 So from a statistical standpoint one could argue that Garcia performed better but perhaps the SEA offense did better the nights Moyer was pitching The point is it is speculation to say the reasons the Indians lost was due to one pitcher Some nights the bats go cold no matter who s pitching sometimes a starting pitcher benefits from a productive offense that night and gets a win whilst another night a pitcher who pitched even better might end up with a loss because of various reasons No one knows so to state it as fact is stretching it too far