4/10/06 Brewers (Ohka) @ Cardinals (Mulder) 3:10 CST

[jloos19]

Man, can Rick Helling start warming up? The Cards are really raking it off Ohka.

[DHonks]

wow, Ohka being hit awefully hard, as brewerjamie15 said. Ohka at 59 pitches, and not fooling everyone. He'll be lucky to make it through 5 innings with fewer than 90 pitches and 5 runs allowed, unless something changes.

[davemakovec]

Finally Tomo gets out of the inning. That was bad, but it could have been worse.

 

Those of you watching the game, how are his pitches looking? On Gameday, all I can see is location.

[jloos19]

His spiltter and his slider aren't breaking.

[homer]

Taguchi hit a decent pitch, but the ones to Pujols and Edmonds were right down mainstreet. It looked like he wanted to go inside on Edmonds but just missed.

[Dollarbill13]

Ha... Control_Alt_Delete. What a sweet nickname for a closer.

[DHonks]

His pitches are missing targets, he's not getting swinging strikes, and their fouling off his mediocre ones.

 

Nothing against Yost here...more of a flaw in baseball in-game management in general, but it's times like this that managers should consider going to the bullpen early. De La Rosa would be a good option here for 2-3 innings. While he can give up some runs, his "filthines" might give us a better chance than Ohka. Gotta be careful here...the longer Ohka is in, the better the Cards are hitting him. Don't overexpose him

[Raw Biz]

drink for the ugliest human being alive being shown in the dugout.

[milwaukeesportsfan]

Way to go Billy. Let's get some, Rickie.

[kiwi brewer]

bill hall rules

[flosses like fossas]

billy hall's having a day!!!!!

[davemakovec]

Bill Hall getting a good start to his day - Rickie Weeks just needs to get the ball out of the infield here and we can get a run.

 

I think he's due to hit one out of the park, though...

[DHonks]

come on Rookies.

[flosses like fossas]

need a run here, young guns...

[strawbossisevil]

Mulder has Week's number. 2 Ks.

[strawbossisevil]

Come on Prince, park one in the stands.

[Raw Biz]

i don't get what's so special about the new ballpark...there's nothing really to distinguish it from other parks....drink for yost in the dugout.

[davemakovec]

I get that post typed just in time for Rickie to swing at a pinch that bounces off first base on its way to the plate...

 

Come on, Prince!

[Blazer25]

That would have been a good time to not strike out...twice...ugh!

 

A good ole productive out would have been great.

[Dollarbill13]

Prince and Rickie strike out on identical breaking balls a foot from the strike zone...

[strawbossisevil]

Ouch. Put it in play guys http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif .

[LUKE232323]

That inning could very well end up costing us the game. 2nd and 3rd, one out, 2 K's.

 

Come on guys, gotta get runners in in the clutch.

[Oldcity]

Growing pains...

[wOOgiE22]

Rickie's been scuffling the last 3 or so games. Hope he turns it around pretty quickly here.

[brettac1]

Well, at least they had a semblance of an inning that time. Next step: runs.