7/3/07 Brewers (Capuano) @ Pirates (Youman): 3:05 PM CDT

[jlau20]

4/9 positions have an error.

 

Might as well go for 9/9 if the Crew doesn't make up some ground next inning.

[markedman5]

Yo pitched on friday which would make it 4 days ago not 3.

[Lil Dummy]

Horrible play by Mench. Brewers are going to have to make some hay against the Pirates 'pen here.

[SeriesFinale]

Well, a team with 4 errors deserves to lose, and while I'm not outraged, I think it was pretty questionable bringing Yo out this inning, especially since we could've used the bat last inning.

 

Go Nats.

[SlideBernieSlide]

The Brewers just look mentally checked-out. I think after going 7-1 against them in previous meeting this season, they had forgotten the Pirates were a real team...with uniforms and everything.

 

They need to re-group fast with two very good Pirates starters looking at em in the next 2 games in Snell and Gorzelanny

[SlideBernieSlide]

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Yo pitched on friday which would make it 4 days ago not 3.

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Is that how they say it?? I think if Yo had started today...they'd be saying coming back after 3 days rest. I think they count rest days as days he was not on the mound (Sat-Sun-Mon).

[jlau20]

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Yo seems a tad toasted.

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More like a tad Yosted.

[Lil Dummy]

Marte has some filthy stuff, especially against lefties. Although Fielder is scuffling a bit, he just looked about as smooth as I would up at the plate.

 

Hope you're watching, Doug. Next time these teams hook up, Marte needs to be in a Brewers uniform.

[whynotthebrewers]

Now thats good. So bringing in our other long man, who is pretty good, is a bad decision in a tie game? I don't get how this can be on yost. Just another case of how he will be to blame if one of the fan favorites gets hit around.

[markedman5]

They do count rest days as days he is not on the mound but you said he threw 85 pitches 3 days ago. He did not.

 

He didn't throw Saturday, Sunday or Monday.

 

He threw 92 pitches 4 days ago.

[Schlitz001]

Nice inning by Chris Spurling there.

[SlideBernieSlide]

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They do count rest days as days he is not on the mound but you said he threw 85 pitches 3 days ago. He did not.

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Gotcha. Thats right. Thanks for the correction. So now, though, both Villy and Yo are out for Wednesday. So we need Vargas to at least get through a minimum of 6 tommorrow.

 

Tim Redding against Zambrano tonight. That looks bad on paper...

[jlau20]

Rough day.

 

The defense hurts.

 

Oh well, get 'em tomorrow and we know Thursday is a win anyways...

[Ennder]

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Gotcha. Thats right. Thanks for the correction. So now, though, both Villy and Yo are out for Wednesday. So we need Vargas to at least get through a minimum of 6 tommorrow.

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Good luck with that, he's gone 6 innnings in under half his starts and has never gone over 6, my guess is 5.1 IP and 3.2 IP of the bullpen.

[SeriesFinale]

The Cubs board has a longer thread about this game than here, those guys are really chomping at the bit

 

Strange thing is they were 5.5 back just a few weeks ago, but only NOW is it a big deal to them.

[jackalope02ca]

Extemely disappointing to see Yo in the pen. He belongs in the rotation. He's pitching out of his element.

[SeriesFinale]

Villy didn't have any problem "pitching out of his element" in Detroit. It was just a bad outing on his part today, likely because he was burnt out a bit.

[Schlitz001]

Another quality inning from Chris Spurling. Stop ragging on him.

[SeriesFinale]

Boring loss.

[SeriesFinale]

I suppose that always beats a dramatic loss, but still.

 

Time for some extra field work. Yo stunk today but the errors were costly.

[JohnBriggs12]

Somebody might want to remind the Brewers that the All Star Break begins Monday. Otherwise, that tidy lead they've spent all year building could be gone before Prince takes his first swing in the HR derby. Don't look for the Cubs to lose tonight with Zambrano against the immortal Tim Redding.

 

That "effort" today was pathetic. Poor defense, shoddy pitching, no plate discipline. Frankly they looked flat last night but Miller and Villanueva bailed them out big time.

 

Bad, bad signs.

[moofnelson]

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Frankly they looked flat last night but Miller and Villanueva bailed them out big time.

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They didn't actually look very good in 2/3 of the Cubs series, either.

 

Yo is the second best starter on this team. It's too bad that he is being wasted in the bullpen.

[TheCrew07]

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Extemely disappointing to see Yo in the pen. He belongs in the rotation. He's pitching out of his element.

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Ya okay.

[pitchleague]

I sat back in my recliner as Mench homered and the next thing I know, it's a 6-2 final. From reading here, it didn't look good on the defensive side (I saw the first 2 errors, not the latter).

 

Gallardo pitched well and not so well, from what I gather in the IGT. Is it too much work after pitching the other day or is it a shorter warmup period in the bullpen than he is accustomed? I don't know. I do agree that they should just keep him in the rotation.

 

The Pirates broadcast had a shot of Prince beating up/punching the water coolers in the dugout. He looked MAAAAAAAD! I'm guessing a bit of frustration is setting in on him as he hasn't gone yard in about week, never mind seeing/hitting the ball well.

[crewcrazy]

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Somebody might want to remind the Brewers that the All Star Break begins Monday. Otherwise, that tidy lead they've spent all year building could be gone before Prince takes his first swing in the HR derby. Don't look for the Cubs to lose tonight with Zambrano against the immortal Tim Redding.

 

That "effort" today was pathetic. Poor defense, shoddy pitching, no plate discipline. Frankly they looked flat last night but Miller and Villanueva bailed them out big time.

 

Bad, bad signs.

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Well, I thought I read that the Brewers officially can't lose their lead before the All-Star break, but I still get what you're saying. Now would be a bad time to go on another losing streak.

 

I'm just hoping today was more a result of a day game after a night game and seeing a guy they've never seen before. I think today's loss is tougher to swallow than most because it really would've been nice to get this one with Gorzelanny and Snell coming up in the last two games, but at least the Brewers have Sheets going in one of those games.

 

Oh well...dust off and get your head in the game for tomorrow...today was only one game. Still, a Cubs loss would make me feel better.