9/9/08 Reds (Ramirez) at Brewers (Suppan): 7:05 PM CDT

[wibadgers23]

Go pink tonight. It can't hurt.
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Jeff Suppan (10-8, 4.56 ERA, 60 BB/80 SO)
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Previous starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
9/4	SD	L 2-5	5.1	7	5	4	1	4	3	3	9	28	106	L(10-8)	--	4.56
8/30	@PIT	W 11-3	7.0	3	2	2	1	2	2	8	11	25	102	W(10-7)	--	4.49
8/23	PIT	W 6-3	7.0	8	3	3	1	0	3	12	3	27	98	W(9-7)	--	4.58
8/17	@LAD	L 5-7	6.0	9	4	4	3	2	4	5	11	28	90	--	--	4.62
8/12	@SD	W 5-2	8.0	4	2	2	2	2	3	7	14	30	98	W(8-7)	--	4.56
8/6	@CIN	W 6-3	7.0	7	3	3	1	0	3	17	6	28	92	W(7-7)	--	4.70
8/1	@ATL	W 9-0	7.0	5	0	0	0	3	1	14	6	28	100	W(6-7)	--	4.75
7/27	HOU	L 6-11	6.0	11	8	8	2	1	3	11	6	28	91	L(5-7)	--	5.04
7/22	@STL	W 4-3	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	3	9	9	31	93	--	--	4.65
7/6	PIT	W 11-6	3.0	5	6	6	2	2	2	1	5	16	75	--	--	4.71

Versus

Ramon Ramirez (0-0, 2.70 ERA, 2 BB/8 SO)
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Previous Starts:

DATE	OPP	RESULT	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	GB	FB	TBF	#Pit	Dec.	Rel.	ERA
9/4	PIT	W 8-6	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	9	46	--	--	2.70
8/30	SF	W 7-6	7.0	5	3	3	2	2	6	11	5	27	98	--	--	3.86

N.L. Central Standings:

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road	East	Cent.	West	L10	Strk
Chi. Cubs	86	57	.601	-	51-24	35-33	18-10	39-28	23-10	3-7	L 1
Milwaukee (15)	82	62	.569	4½	43-30	39-32	16-15	39-26	20-13	4-6	L 2
St. Louis (11)	77	66	.538	9	39-32	38-34	22-14	30-32	18-12	4-6	W 2
Houston (10)	77	67	.535	9½	40-29	37-38	15-11	36-31	19-14	9-1	W 3
Cincinnati (E)	65	79	.451	21½	38-36	27-43	18-17	25-39	13-17	7-3	W 2
Pittsburgh (E)	60	83	.420	26	34-37	26-46	15-17	28-41	11-16	3-7	L 3

Wild Card Race:

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Milwaukee	82	62	.569	-
Philadelphia (16)	79	65	.549	3
St. Louis (15)	77	66	.538	4½
Houston (14)	77	67	.535	5
Florida (9)	72	72	.500	10
Arizona (9)	71	72	.497	10½
Colorado (4)	67	77	.465	15
Cincinnati (2)	65	79	.451	17
San Francisco (1)	63	80	.441	18½

[wibadgers23]

Dear Jeff Suppan: Pretend it's late 2006 and you're pitching for the Cardinals.

Dear Brewers offense: Pretend it's Mother's Day 2006 and come up with some heroic hits.

[ELCABALLO45]

Reds 24

Brewers 2

 

[wibadgers23]

Reds 24

Brewers 2

 

 

If this actually happens, then the whole going pink idea will have failed miserably.

[trwi7]

Ramon Ramirez. Just who this struggling offense needs to see.

 

Disclaimer: The two sentences above would be in blue if it weren't for the pink game thread.

[BrewCrewForever]

Please win a ball game!

[JumpinMacFlash]

Light....fading from view.
Desperation is a stinky cologne...
The savior approaches...with a goatee.
Praise Suppan!

[thablingster]

Lead is fading fast

Suppan saves us from bullpen

Brewers score some runs

[PeteP]

My wife and I are going to the game tonight. In our one trip down from Madison last year and two so far this year, we're 3-0, two of those in extra innings. Lets make it 4-0! Looking forward to some stadium special sauce, some stadium special Suppan, and a Brewers victory to turn things around!

Dear Jeff Suppan, please pitch well and long into the game, protect us from the calamity of our Bullpen!
Dear Brewers Offense, please be patient at the plate and manufacture some runs.
Dear Ned Yost - there's like 25 guys in your dugout. They are there to play ball, go ahead and use them! -oh wait, but not the bullpen..
Dear Cincinnati, please come out and play like the 62-78 team that you are!

[Brian the Automator]

!! GO BREWERS !!

 

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[GormanHarvey]

Please, please let's win this game with CC going tomorrow...

2B Rickie Weeks
SS J.J. Hardy
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
RF Corey Hart
CF Mike Cameron
3B Bill Hall
C Jason Kendall
RHP Jeff Suppan

Reds
CF Corey Patterson
SS Jolbert Cabrera
1B Joey Votto
2B Brandon Phillips
3B Edwin Encarnacion
RF Jay Bruce
LF Wilkin Castillo
C Ryan Hannigan
RHP Ramon Ramirez

 

[BrewerTerp]

Save us Jeff! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/indifferent.gif

[trwi7]

Please, please let's win this game with CC going tomorrow...

2B Rickie Weeks

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

RF Corey Hart

CF Mike Cameron

3B Bill Hall

C Jason Kendall

RHP Jeff Suppan

Reds

CF Corey Patterson

SS Jolbert Cabrera

1B Joey Votto

2B Brandon Phillips

3B Edwin Encarnacion

RF Jay Bruce

LF Wilkin Castillo

C Ryan Hannigan

RHP Ramon Ramirez

From TH's blog post on the lineup.

 

The Reds are starting a right-hander tonight -- Ramon Ramirez -- but the Brewers are fielding a lineup you often see against left-handed pitchers, including Bill Hall at third.

Ramirez is making his second big-league start so match-ups certainly have nothing to do with it. In fact, in Ramirez's first two big-league appearances, including one start, right-handed hitters went 1 for 17 against him.

Maybe the manuever will wake up an offense that has been struggling mightily during the team's 2-6 slide. At this point, who knows what might work to shake the team loose.

I'll talk to manager Ned Yost in a little bit and see what his thinking is with all the righties.

[wibadgers23]

There is no way Gamel will get a start at 3rd base this year. No way. Hall could go 0 for his next 40 with 26 strikeouts and play terrible defense, and Yost will still start him against right-handed pitchers. Anybody hoping that Gamel will get a start anytime soon might as well give up hope like I'm doing.

[Mr QL]

I hate Yost so much. I'm debating whether or not watching the game or two reruns of House instead. Gregory House would never break my heart... ;_;

[brwrsfan]

I'm taking a mental health day from the Brewers, so I won't be watching. Maybe they'll not play so uptight and actually score 8-9 runs this game...you know, because they're trying so hard to impress me.

[sgtcluels]

War Kittens?

 

Go Brewahs

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[BrewCrewForever]

There is no way Gamel will get a start at 3rd base this year. No way. Hall could go 0 for his next 40 with 26 strikeouts and play terrible defense, and Yost will still start him against right-handed pitchers. Anybody hoping that Gamel will get a start anytime soon might as well give up hope like I'm doing.

I to have given up hope at Gamel even getting one shot to start. I just don't get what it could hurt to give him one start and see what he can do. I think all it could do is help with as bad as Hall and Counsell have been. I understand he is a rookie and only has two big league AB's. But the guess Ned keeps trotting out there have many AB's and are not doing anything productive.

[SeriesFinale]

Jorge Cantu with the three-run jack to give the Marlins a 7-1 lead in the 2nd over the Phillies

 

LET'S PICK LAST NIGHT BACK UP

[trwi7]

Is the luck finally going our way?!?!?!

[nate82]

After that play by the Reds the Benny Hill theme song came to mind.

[trwi7]

Hart walks. I didn't know he could do that.

[GormanHarvey]

Man it sure would be a great way to get things going tonight to really make them pay for 2 walks and a terrible error

[GormanHarvey]

Hart walks. I didn't know he could do that.

What the heck do you mean? Corey Hart is a fan favorite and he's hitting around .290 with an OBP of .315! Wait, is that bad???

[trwi7]

There's the disappointing Brewers I know.