8/10/08 Nationals (Lannan) at Brewers (Parra): 1:05 PM CDT

[wibadgers23]

Manny Parra (9-5, 4.18 ERA, 103 SO)

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2008/05/14/L466SBvM.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/4	@CIN	L 3-6	6.0	4	6	6	1	4	6	8	6	26	105	L(9-5)	--	4.18
7/30	CHC	L 2-7	5.1	8	5	5	0	4	5	11	2	29	96	L(9-4)	--	3.93
7/25	HOU	L 1-3	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	5	12	1	26	100	L(9-3)	--	3.72
7/20	@SF	W 7-4	7.2	7	2	2	0	2	9	14	2	32	106	W(9-2)	--	3.68
7/11	CIN	L 5-6	6.1	6	5	4	0	1	6	8	4	27	93	--	--	3.78
7/7	COL	L 3-4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	18	--	--	3.65
7/3	@ARI	L 5-6	6.0	4	0	0	0	3	4	9	6	25	100	--	--	3.69
6/28	@MIN	W 5-1	7.0	2	0	0	0	4	6	12	4	27	112	W(8-2)	--	3.95
6/22	BAL	W 7-3	5.0	5	3	3	0	6	1	9	4	24	90	W(7-2)	--	4.29
6/17	TOR	W 7-0	7.0	4	0	0	0	4	5	9	4	28	108	W(6-2)	--	4.22

Versus

 

John Lannan (6-11, 3.55 ERA, 81 SO)

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2007/08/23/HXnVe9ti.jpg

Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
8/5	@COL	L 2-8	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	8	7	5	28	108	--	--	3.55
7/31	PHI	L 4-8	5.2	9	8	6	2	3	7	9	4	30	105	L(6-11)	--	3.61
7/25	@LAD	L 2-3	7.0	6	3	3	0	2	3	12	3	28	101	L(6-10)	--	3.33
7/19	@ATL	W 8-2	6.0	7	1	1	0	3	4	9	8	27	112	W(6-9)	--	3.29
7/9	ARI	W 5-0	6.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	13	2	20	85	W(5-9)	--	3.40
7/3	@CIN	L 3-5	6.0	5	3	3	0	3	3	11	4	25	93	--	--	3.60
6/28	BAL	L 1-9	5.0	7	7	4	2	1	1	7	13	24	81	L(4-9)	--	3.54
6/22	TEX	L 3-5	6.0	4	2	2	2	0	6	7	5	22	96	--	--	3.34
6/17	@MIN	L 1-2	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	3	16	6	28	104	L(4-8)	--	3.36
6/11	@PIT	L 1-3	6.0	7	2	2	1	0	3	15	5	27	93	L(4-7)	--	3.43

N.L. Central Standings:

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	70	47	.598	-	44-17	26-30	9-6	32-22	23-10	7-3	L 1
Milwaukee (42)	66	51	.564	4	34-23	32-28	14-12	30-23	15-8	6-4	W 4
St. Louis (39)	65	54	.546	6	33-28	32-26	15-11	26-25	17-10	5-5	W 1
Houston (34)	57	59	.491	12½	29-26	28-33	13-9	25-28	12-11	7-3	W 3
Pittsburgh (30)	53	63	.457	16½	32-26	21-37	13-13	24-27	10-14	4-6	L 1
Cincinnati (27)	52	66	.441	18½	31-30	21-36	18-17	16-28	9-15	2-8	L 5

Wild Card Race:

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	66	51	.564	-
St. Louis	65	54	.546	2
N.Y. Mets	62	54	.534	3½
Florida	61	56	.521	5
L.A. Dodgers	58	58	.500	7½
Houston	57	59	.491	8½
Atlanta	55	62	.470	11
Pittsburgh	53	63	.457	12½
Colorado	53	66	.445	14
Cincinnati	52	66	.441	14½
San Francisco	49	66	.426	16
San Diego	45	72	.385	21
Washington	44	73	.376	22

[Sheets4theHOF]

Well Manny has quite the standard to meet. This is the only game that worries me this series. Lannan is pretty solid.

[razzzorsharp]

Lannan is very solid; hopefully the Nats bats don't break out.

[razzzorsharp]

Sheets start also brought the staff era this year below 4 (3.98).

[ELCABALLO45]

Dear Brewers,

 

Please don't lose on a day in which im there and on my birthday.

 

Thanks

 

ELCABALLO45

[Brian the Automator]

Is it 1:05 yet?

[Invader3K]

My question is if Ryan Braun will be in the lineup or not.

[Brian the Automator]

My question is if Ryan Braun will be in the lineup or not.

What I wouldn't mind seeing is Branyan in LF to give Braun another day of rest with the RHP starting. Since it sounds like he was a little banged up before the game yesterday, it seems like one of those things you'd want to nip in the bud against the worst team in the NL.

 

[jason21nl]

I'm thinking that Parra is going to come out and pitch great tonight especially after what happened in his last start. I'm also going to say that Kendall will get the day off

[hawing]

Come on now, Brewers.

Please keep turning up the heat

Starts with you, Manny.

 

(That's my pinch haiku

Just in case Robin19's

Unavailable.)

[Invader3K]

Looks like Kapler is starting instead of Braun (according to Haudricourt). Hopefully he is just getting the day off as a precautionary type thing, and this isn't a sign of something more serious.

[yfinn6]

I would guess Kapler in the 2 hole, Hardy hitting 3rd? I haven't seen the lineup (if there is one posted online somewhere yet).

[Invader3K]

http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/08/10/a-rivera-sighting.aspx

[trwi7]

Nationals

2B Emilio Bonifacio

SS Cristian Guzman

3B Ryan Zimmerman

RF Austin Kearns

CF Lastings Milledge

C Jesus Flores

1B Ronnie Belliard

LF Willie Harris

LHP John Lannan

 

Brewers

2B Rickie Weeks

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Gabe Kapler

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

3B Bill Hall

CF Mike Cameron

C Mike Rivera

LHP Manny Parra

 

No Branyan against a lefty which isn't surprising.

[jason21nl]

I would guess Kapler in the 2 hole, Hardy hitting 3rd? I haven't seen the lineup (if there is one posted online somewhere yet).

the left fielder does not bat in the 2 hole, come on now.

 

 

and hey, Kendall does get the day off

[RightFieldCoder]

Kendall does not play

Neither does the All-Star Braun

Brewers still win big

 

Hawing adds her own

But I post before I go

The Haikus makes wins

[Brily0204]

Lannan has some weird splits. His OPS against at home is .848 (for a league-adjusted OPS+ of 133), but on the road it is just .639 (OPS+ of 68). And he has pitched at St. Louis, the Mets (twice), Atlanta (early when their offense was pretty good), the Dodgers, and at Coors, so it's not like he took advantage of a bunch of bad teams. He also defies regular platoon practices: lefties actually OPS .109 higher than righthanders.

[jjgott]

Man, I hate the Nats TV deal. I'm stuck here in DC watching the Orioles game, and of course the game is blacked out on MLB.tv. Guess I'll have to watch on the old Gameday today.

 

Go Brewers!

[T B0NE 10]

Kapler betting 3, you know Ned you don't have to have the left fielder bat 3 all the time.

 

And finally Rivera is playing

[rluzinski]

Kapler betting 3, you know Ned you don't have to have the left fielder bat 3 all the time.

 

If it had been earlier in the year, Kapler would be batting 4th... so there!

[sheethead]

Parra, you better pitch a complete game shutout or Prince is going to kick your ass real bad this time. Oh yeah, you also need at least one rbi. Good luck, #3.

[uecker9]

John Lannan?

 

Imagine all the Brewers
Getting hits today...

[sheethead]

John Lannan?

 

Imagine all the Brewers
Getting hits today...

You may see another homer

But it's not the only one

I hope to see three more home runs

And the Brewers sure to have won

[owbc]

Baseballs in the sky over a diamond?

[B2k1121]

Has Lannan even thrown a strike yet?