2009-08-29 Pirates (Hart) at Milwaukee (Gallardo) : 6:05 PM CT [Brewers win, 7-3]

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[Invader3K]

It would be nice to see Gallardo get to 15 wins or so before the end of the year...he deserves it. I hope Macha trims down his pitches thrown through the remainder of the year, though.

 

Let's see two wins in a row, Brewers!

[crewcrazy]

With his next home run, Ryan Braun will reach the 100-HR mark. He continues to chase Albert Pujols/Ralph Kiner for the most home runs hit in the first three seasons of a career (114), but it doesn't appear he'll get there unless he goes on a huge tear. He could, however, catch Eddie Matthews (112), Mark Teixeira (107), and Joe DiMaggio (107).

 

Some of the names Braun has already passed: Frank Robinson (98), Ted Williams (91), Mark McGwire (84), Ryan Howard (82). Granted, the numbers are a bit skewed since they only measure seasons by years and not games played, but Braun's about to join a pretty exclusive club, which is even more impressive considering that he got a late start his rookie year. I can't even imagine where he'd be if he didn't battle with the intercostal strain for the last couple months of last season.

 

On another note, Prince's homer last night was career shot #150. With 118 RBI, his next run batted in will tie the career high he set in in 2007. He's only 9 RBI away from breaking the Brewers' single season RBI record.

[hawing]

Brewers
2B Felipe Lopez
3B Craig Counsell
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
CF Mike Cameron
RF Frank Catalanotto
C Jason Kendall
SS Alcides Escobar
RHP Yovani Gallardo

Pirates
CF Andrew McCutchen
2B Delwyn Young
RF Garrett Jones
3B Andy LaRoche
1B Steve Pearce
LF Lastings Milledge
C Jason Jaramillo
SS Brian Bixler
RHP Kevin Hart

(per the JSOnline Brewers Blog)

I'll be at the UW Field House tonight, with a yet-undetermined combination of UW and Brewers gear. Come on, home team.

[stalton]

Prince almost with 3 consecutive 1st inning homeruns

[Mr QL]

I blame our struggles this year on that song they play 20 times a game seemingly during every break. I don't even know the name of it but it bugs the heck out of me.

[Mr QL]

I want to see a Pirate get one to the ribs after this inning.

[pitchleague]

Cameron just a bit too eager on strike three there. Or else, badly fooled. Regardless, he looked pretty bad.

[crewcrazy]

Another early high pitch count for Yo tonight...definitely looks like he's been hitting a bit of a wall. If the Cards series to start September doesn't go exceptionally well, I would hope Macha would re-arrange the rotation to skip a couple of Yo's starts.

[SeriesFinale]

Nice to have a really fast guy on the team, eh? Man, look at Escobar go there.

 

Now hopefully they get something out of it.

[sauveb]

Did anyone else think that it was obvious that Hart crossed up Jaramillo on the wild pitch/passed ball? Bill should be able to see that.

[Schlitz001]

The Brewers have 6 runs on 7 hits thus far. 3 from Counsell, 2 from Kendall, and 1 from Escobar and Gerut.

[trwi7]

I know it's been said many times before, but it's really time to shut Gallardo down for the year. 104 pitches in five innings.

[Schlitz001]

Bosio was interviewed pre-game and asked to comment on Gallardo's pitch count. He said, "Ideally we would like Yo to go 7 innings on 90 pitches." I assumed that meant that they were limiting Yo to 90 pitches, but apparently that's not the case.

[logan82]

Holy crap. Guess who has a .827 OPS for August. Jason Kendall.

[hawing]

I doubt anyone here wants to know (unless Jimbo takes a look at the IGT tonight), but UW volleyball swept South Dakota tonight. I see that my absence from monitoring this game hasn't hurt the Brewers...so far.

 

Chat's open (not that I have to be there for something to happen)...

[trwi7]

I would get a kick out of Brian trying to explain what a "winning ball player" is or if it's just some tired cliché used by broadcasters with nothing interesting to say.

[crewcrazy]

Holy crap. Guess who has a .827 OPS for August. Jason Kendall.

Heading into tonight's game, his batting average has improved by 11 points, too. Seems like a lot of those bloopers have been falling in lately, and he's been hitting the gaps for doubles a bit better.

[logan82]

His post All Star break GO/AO is .58 compared to 1.28 before. I still think he is a terrible hitter.

[crewcrazy]

No doubt that he's still one of the worst hitters in the league...while the recent production has been nice, it shouldn't be expected or relied upon. I'd still like to see Salome or Rivera get a nice chunk of playing time in September, but that's probably just a pipe dream.

[Schlitz001]

You guys won yesterday, so that's two in a row. If you win again tomorrow, that's called a winning streak. IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

[hawing]

Hey, a win! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Though I wish the media would stop focusing on the "home winning streak" over the Pirates.

 

The real test comes tomorrow - a semi-dreaded Sunday game. Still, I'm glad it won't be a 'rubber game.'