2009-05-18 Brewers (Looper) at Cardinals (Lohse): 7:15 PM CDT [Brewers Win, 8-4]

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[ELCABALLO45]

Mat Gamel starting at 3rd!

[raven2479]

Good luck today Mat! I was there on Thursday for his first AB of the season and he looked like he wanted to drill one deep. Can't blame him, get some good reps and play hard, that's all we ask!

[patrickgpe]

yeah looking forward to seeing what he can do at 3rd. Its a perfect game to put him in, as the twins are starting 2 straight lefties and we have already won the series.

[JJHardy7]

yeah looking forward to seeing what he can do at 3rd. Its a perfect game to put him in, as the twins are starting 2 straight lefties and we have already won the series.

 

Gamel has hit lefties slightly better than righties in his career so far.

[mls4]

patrickgpe wrote:

yeah looking forward to seeing what he can do at 3rd. Its a perfect game to put him in, as the twins Astros are starting 2 straight lefties and we have already won the series.

I believe you mean Astros.

[GormanHarvey]

From the JS blog:

 

Craig Counsell takes over as the leadoff hitter in place of injured Rickie Weeks and rookie third baseman Mat Gamel is getting his first big-league start tonight as the Brewers play their make-up game against the Cardinals.

 

Counsell starts at second against RHP Kyle Lohse and Gamel is batting seventh. With the Brewers apparently preparing for a long absence by Weeks, they had Gamel out working early at third base and Casey McGehee at second.

 

That might mean we're looking at a 3B platoon of Gamel and Hall and a 2B platoon of Counsell and McGehee. Gamel and Counsell bat from the left side; Hall and McGehee from the right side.

 

With two lefties coming up in Houston, look for McGehee to play at second base.

 

Haven't gotten an update on Weeks yet but you just get the feeling it's going to be bad news.

 

Here's the lineup:

 

2B Craig Counsell

SS J.J. Hardy

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

CF Mike Cameron

RF Corey Hart

3B Mat Gamel

C Jason Kendall

RHP Braden Looper

[RobDeer 45]

Interesting. I hope Rickie is ok. If not we will see a lot of different lineups I bet.

[MoreTrife]

i know this is on FSN wisconsin but does anyone have any info on whether this will make the Extra Innings package?? PLEASE!

[patrickgpe]

I believe you mean Astros.

 

yes i did, thinking one series ahead...

[ELCABALLO45]

I believe you mean Astros.

 

yes i did, thinking one series ahead...

Well the Twins are going to throw Perkins and Liriano against Milwaukee Sat/Sun so your not wrong http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif.

[crewcrazy]

According to the Cards Clubhouse fan site link provided in the first post, Lohse is hitting 8th tonight. Looks like LaRussa's trying everything in his book to shake some offense out of his injury-crippled club:

 

Schumaker, 2B

Stavinoha, RF

Pujols, 1B

Duncan, LF

Molina, C

Rasmus, CF

Barden, 3B

Lohse, P

T. Greene, SS

[BrewCrewForever]

Very excited to see Gamel make his first career start. Hopefully Counsell stays hot and Gamel can help kind of make up for the loss of Rickie's offense.

[Blancofan1]

Let's win this one for Rickie. He'd won a couple for us so far before today's terrible news.

[Invader3K]

The Cardinals are pretty giddy right now at the news about Weeks. I hope the Brewers make them pay, and show they won't be set back by one player going down.

[brewcitynick]

im looking forward to watching how gamel handles third today it could make a huge difference with how macha handles the lineup from now on.

[hawing]

The Cardinals are pretty giddy right now at the news about Weeks. I hope the Brewers make them pay, and show they won't be set back by one player going down.

Giddy? I can see "grimly satisfied," but giddy? Stay classy, STL/Cardinal nation.

 

They might want to consider that Rickie didn't help the Brewers win on Sunday.

[crossface21]

Anyone else getting FSCardinals for the pre-game?

 

And I like their quote when they were heading to a commercial: "the Brewers have won 19 of their last 25, of course with their shirts untucked." LET IT GO!!!

[crossface21]

Okay, for the HD it's the Cardinals, and on regular FSW, it's the Brewers. What's up with that? I'm going to be mildly irritated if I have to watch the game in non-HD because it's the Cardinal feed for HD.

[razzzorsharp]

I can see TLR bunting all day against Gamel.

[TheCrew07]

I only have it in SD for Dish Network as well, I was just coming to check and see if others had a similar issue.

[Yeti73]

Win it for Rickie!

[brewcitynick]

Lets Play Ball!

[Joeflyers]

Why is this game not on MLB extra innings? Come on!

[hurricane3184]

Why is this game not on MLB extra innings? Come on!

It is, it just isn't listed. Game Channel 1 for me.