2009-08-02 Brewers (Villanueva) at San Diego (Correia) : 3:05 PM CT [Brewers win, 6-1]

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[hawing]

Brewers.com and my pocket schedule both list a 3:05 CT start for this game. I don't know how to change the graphic but I edited the subject line.

[thablingster]

Lets go Villa. Please give us a solid 5 innings today, it would be greatly appreciated.

[BadgerFan]

I am going to go out on a limb and say the Brewers lose for the 8th consecutive Sunday game. Not that it really matters anymore.

[thablingster]

We were 0-2 with my Human Rain Delay icon, so back to exasperated Corey Hart, which is 2-0 on the year. I'll take any mojo or coincidence we can get at this point, lol.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

C'mon Brewers, at least get Trevor his welcome home save. Since we weren't able to acquire Correia, I'm sure he'll do his Cy Young impersonation today.

[thablingster]

A quick and clean inning for Villa. 14 pitches, 10 strikes. Nice start. Hopefully we can get to Cy Correia.

[thablingster]

Well, after 4 outs with no balls out of the infield, McGehee crushes a ball and it dies in the outfield. Did Brian Anderson really just compare Cameron to Gwynn defensively? Yikes. We don't have very good mojo going right now.

[Rob]

Not sure that I have the confidence to think Villanueva will get past 4. Are we the worst team in baseball right now?

[thablingster]

Hardy probably finds some way to goof that up. Great, great stand in by Counsell to turn the double play.

[crewcrazy]

Very nice double play to get out of the bottom of the third. I was holding my breath every time Gonzalez took a hack there.

[BrewCrewForever]

I'm so sick of our pitchers walking batters. Just makes me sick.

[thablingster]

I'm not sure at this point if it is feasible to ask our bullpen for four scoreless innings, but regardless get Carlos out of there and get him a win!

 

5 innings of shutout ball with 80 pitches, despite the fact his control is starting to fail him is about the best you can ask for at this point. Thanks for actually listening, Macha.

 

Do they dare pitch Swindle in the 6th? It would be the best situation to use him, and it would save Stetter for later if needed, but do we have faith he can get three outs without giving up a run?

[BrewCrewForever]

Well he had to work out of some trouble, but a decent outing by Villanueva. Better then I expected.

[BrewCrewForever]

It's frustrating, Braun was really starting to heat up and then the last game of the Nats series and now in this series he only has 1 hit to show.

[thablingster]

Well, if this game keeps going like it is with heart-attack inducing double plays and general strenuous innings, I suppose the Human Rain Delay is the correct choice to continue that trend. I hate to look ahead, but do we ask Coffey to go two if we're still in the lead in the 7th?

[trwi7]

Only took 40 seconds from the time Vargas got the ball back from Kendall until he threw the next pitch.

 

Edit: 36 seconds on the 2-1 pitch. Improvement!

[trwi7]

Claudio Vargas. What a pickup!

[yogallardo43]

It only took one second for that ball to hit the gap. Wow was that ripped.

[yogallardo43]

Does anybody want to get a quick 9 holes of golf in before the top of the 7th?

[trwi7]

Does anybody want to get a quick 9 holes of golf in before the top of the 7th?

 

I think we have time for 18.

[yogallardo43]

Well scratch that idea the tarp is coming off.

[yogallardo43]

Nice play Prince!

[thablingster]

You heard it here first, Prince Fielder is going to hit a home run to accentuate the nice defense he just showed in order to wind up on SportsCenter.

[yogallardo43]

You heard it here first, Prince Fielder is going to hit a home run to accentuate the nice defense he just showed in order to wind up on SportsCenter.

 

I was hoping you were going to be right. I think SportsCenter will still have to show it considering both teams have combined for four... make it five hits.