2009-07-30 Nationals (Martin) at Milwaukee (Gallardo) : 1:05 PM CT [Brewers win, 7-3]

[dlk9s]

Thanks Trwi7

 

Looks like Braunie's hitting streak could come to an end here

Yeah. He hit it fairly hard. Almost got through, but the SS made a diving stop.

[SeriesFinale]

Great work from Coffey the last two days

 

11 pitches, too, nice.

[BrewCrewForever]

Great work from Coffey the last two days

 

11 pitches, too, nice.

I still marvel at how great of a pickup he has turned out to be by Melvin. Dude was taken off the scrap heap in September for nothing. Now he is pitching like one of the best setup men in all of baseball.

[Glennron]

It'd be really nice to score a couple here to not have to use Hoffman for the third straight day.

[SeriesFinale]

Pile 'em on here

 

Sure would be nice to not have to use Trevor

[Hate those Rodents]

I think we gotta try Chris Smith here. Get by with him to rest Hoff and Stett, get two wins in a row, and things might look up again as we hit SD.

[sargennm]

I think we gotta try Chris Smith here. Get by with him to rest Hoff and Stett, get two wins in a row, and things might look up again as we hit SD.

Agreed. No reason to waste any of the better RPs with nothing but important games on the horizon.

[razzzorsharp]

We should be able to pick any reliever have have confidence that four runs would hold up. I just hope whoever it is throws strikes so Hoffman doesnt have to come in.

[Glennron]

I'd say the last two innings are more indicative of the Nationals record than the first two games of this series.

[SeriesFinale]

Argh, not Mitch. I know it's the heavy hitters here but...

[SeriesFinale]

Nice!

 

Never did I think a win over the Nats would seem so huge: , back-to-back wins for the first time in a while, back to .500, likely tied for third again (and Go Dodgers tonight), a great Yo start and--gasp! A day win!

 

Let's get back in the saddle fellas

[razzzorsharp]

Nice win, back to back wins for the first time in a while.

[young guns]

Alright! Untuck'em for a sanity salvaging series split.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Yay for .500!!! Nice job today. How about Coffey & Stetter...men among boys in the non-Hoffman wing of the bullpen.

[valpocrewsader]

Nice win, back to back wins for the first time in a while.

June 29th and 30th. Unbelievable.

[SeriesFinale]

a sanity salvaging series split.

Love it.

 

I seriously feel like a new man right now. What a gloomy week it's been.

[crewcrazy]

And hey, they won a day game while they were at it. I wasn't able to watch (weather was way too nice to stay in where I am), but I was glad to see the result. It's huge to get back to .500 heading out west. Hopefully with some luck the road trip won't be too bad and they can be above .500 upon returning home.

[GB12]

June 29th and 30th. Unbelievable.

And this would be July 29th and 30th. Hopefully we don't have to wait for the same dates in August for that to happen again.

[hawing]

I'd say the last two innings are more indicative of the Nationals record than the first two games of this series.

At the park, I had a thought very similar to Glennron's above. Aha, so this is how they've made their way to only 32 wins through July 30.

 

This game wasn't in our season ticket packages. At 10:00 this morning, I decided to make the drive from Madison because I was desperate to see a Brewers game that wasn't dreadful (like on Tuesday, Sunday and Friday), and today was my last chance for two weeks.

 

So I was delighted by today's result, and many of its components, among them the single seat I scored in 217, the friendly and polite families sitting around me, the Counsell Crush (I knew I could count on Mr QL to make that post), singing along with The Outfield, and the silver lining that comes with not hearing Hells Bells because it wasn't needed.

 

I know a series win would have been better; I know this doesn't solve anything about the rotation, but finally seeing a win raised my spirits, and I'll take that.

I'm going to go watch the Counsell Crush replay now.

 

Edit: Having just watched the replay of said crush, I now remember asking Craig to straighten it out a bit after his deep fly to left went foul. I love it when they heed me.

Also, I wondered today (as I had all series) why Pittsburgh got rid of Nyjer Morgan. If nothing else, he's a Brewer killer, and would presumably have had value to the Pirates just for that.

[GB12]

There is an hour and a half edition of Baseball Tonight going on right now. I was watching specifically to see the Counsell tag and HR. They didn't show either. Extremely disappointed in that.