2009-06-11 Rockies (Cook) at Brewers (Gallardo): 1:05 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 4-3]

[crewcrazy]

Well here we go, Brauny. For whatever reason this year I haven't been confident in him in big situations like this...please prove me wrong.

[And That]

I don't think you burn your last middle infielder in the 7th inning. If it were the 9th, I would have disagreed with Macha.

Cat could move to middle infield in a pinch.

In the sense that Braun could move to third base in a pinch, yes.

[phxMILWfan]

So you go to J.J. and they go to a RH reliever. So now you have a .238 against RH hitter up who is slumping badly and hitting .219 overall.

Not if he hits for Counsell. They just brought in a lefty, and he has to pitch to one batter.

Is it 1 batter or 1 pitch? Just curious.

[Fear The Chorizo]

One batter - one pitch is something Tony LaRussa would wet his pants over

[Oldcity]

Wow heck of a 2-1 pitch there.

[phxMILWfan]

Well all of that debate really doesn't matter when you have your best player up with the bases loaded and he strikes out. Can we have the team back that was winning just about every day please?

[pretendastronaut]

Well here we go, Brauny. For whatever reason this year I haven't been confident in him in big situations like this...please prove me wrong.

 

I'm with you there. Maybe the expectations are high, but his clutch hits seem few and far between this season. I have no idea if that's really true though.

[Jim Goulart]

Just click your heels and tell yourself, "still in first place, still in first place"...

[SeriesFinale]

A real gut-punch of an inning; a microcosm of the series, really

[hawing]

I thought Ryan was the king of swagger. I think some swagger would have been useful there.

[FidoMcCokefiend]

Well, considering I was figuring out whether it was going to go Hart DP followed by a Counsell K or a Hart K followed by a Counsell DP, I suppose getting one there was something.

 

That run lost on the ground rule double looms larger now.

 

Be nice to see Villy get a nice inning in here.

[trwi7]

Gamel needs to hold on to that. Bases loaded, nobody out. Watch the Rockies score four to counter our one.

[SeriesFinale]

Well, who didn't think this was going to happen when they coughed up that opportunity.

 

 

I thought they might have a shot in the 8th and 9th if the pen locked it down in the late innings as they've done until recently, but we're about to get swept at home by a NL West team with a losing record.

[Ennder]

No, it's .346 in 29 PA's.

Something is out of whack then because baseballreference says .389 in 20 PA. Regardless I wouldn' ttrust a 29 PA sample over a career one.

 

http://www.baseball-refer...01&year=2009&t=p

[wibadgers23]

trwi7[/b]]Gamel needs to hold on to that. Bases loaded, nobody out. Watch the Rockies score four to counter our one.

The way this series has gone, I am expecting that to happen.

[Ennder]

That sums things up right there. Guy swings at a bad pitch way outside, barely gets the bat on it and it finds a hole. Brewers line balls into the OF and it is right at guys.

[hawing]

but we're about to get swept at home by a NL West team with a losing record.

Well, a NL West team with a losing record who's riding a hot/lucky streak this past week, maybe related to the managerial change...but that doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

[brewtank34]

well that just stinks. not over yet, but that stinks. This series has dampened my spirits. Hopefully, we turn it around for Wsox.

[crewcrazy]

Just a stinkbomb of a series against a team that's obscenely hot right now. It would definitely stink to get swept in this series if they don't make a rally in the last two innings, but hopefully they can respond against Chicago in much the same way St. Louis has responded to also getting swept by this team.

[brewmann04]

the bottom line is macha has no choice since almost the whole team is in the tank Hitting , but i can't believe how bad our bench is right now well since the start of the season.

[hawing]

The crowd still sounds vocal and boisterous. It must be 75% school kids.

 

Oh, and you could figure Prince would get a hit to lead off the 8th.

 

Edit: It'd be nice to see a different Manny get rocked on the mound...

[Ennder]

Braun has an .646 OPS with 2 outs and RISP on the season and an .542 late and close and an .791 in high leverage situations so you aren't imagining things. These are all so small for sample size that it really doesn't mean anything though, over a 10 year career they almost always just even out.

[crewcrazy]

Let's get a couple more here, guys, and keep things interesting for the 9th. Gamel's still hitting the ball hard, which is good to see. I wouldn't be opposed to seeing him get some starts against the White Sox, even though they're throwing a couple lefties at the Brewers in the series.

[brewmann04]

the Rockies have hitters on that team and it is finally showing in there last 2 series, but the Brewers hitters almost everyone besides Prince has been horrible. Waiting for the call for Sveum to get canned soon.

[SeriesFinale]

A 5-4 final score would (will?) be another ignominous gut-punch.

 

Never thought I'd say I'm looking forward to Ozzie and the Ligue Boys coming into town.