2010-07-21 Brewers (Wolf) at Pirates (Duke), 6:05 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 15-3]

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43-52

33-60

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Randy Wolf

7-8 | 4.56

Pirates vs. Wolf
Wolf Game Log

Zach Duke

3-9 | 5.38

Brewers vs. Duke
Duke Game Log

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1. Weeks 2B
   
2. Hart RF
   
3. Braun LF
   
4. Fielder 1B
   
5. McGehee 3B
   
6. Gomez CF
   
7. Escobar SS
   
8. Kottaras C
   
9. Wolf LHP
   

1. Tabata CF
   
2. Young RF
   
3. Walker 2B
   
4. Jones 1B
   
5. Alvarez 3B
   
6. Milledge LF
   
7. Doumit C
   
8. Cedeno SS
   
9. Duke LHP
   

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[Funketown]

Sweet. Gomez in center again. Sorry Lo.

 

2B Rickie Weeks

RF Corey Hart

LF Ryan Braun

1B Prince Fielder

3B Casey McGehee

CF Carlos Gomez

SS Alcides Escobar

C George Kottaras

LHP Randy Wolf

[trwi7]

From the game thread last night:

 

BrewCrewin2004 wrote:

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Of course this pretty much means Cain has no shot of starting tomorrow and will more than likely be sent down when Gallardo comes off the DL. Damn.

 

trwi7 wrote:

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Lefty starting tomorrow. Don't think Edmonds starts. Gomez probably will though. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif

Sigh. It's getting to the point where we can call Macha's stupid moves a day before they happen.

[Invader3K]

Better Gomez than Edmonds again.

[jjkoestler]

Diego goes 4-5 yesterday and Cain hits missiles in his first 3 times at the plate, but let's go with Gomez.

[trwi7]

Diego goes 4-5 yesterday and Cain hits missiles in his first 3 times at the plate, but let's go with Gomez.

Gomez had that bunt hit that one time.

[yfinn6]

Prince gets hit again, this is comical. I know that wasn't intentional, but still.

[trwi7]

I know he scored, but that was really stupid by Weeks to go there and/or really stupid by Fischer to send him.

[Funketown]

I know he scored, but that was really stupid by Weeks to go there and/or really stupid by Fischer to send him.

Gomez was on deck. I'd have sent him on an infield pop up.

[yfinn6]

I would have sent him. I don't have a problem trying to get 1 run there with Gomez coming up. Gomez hasn't exactly been swinging a hot bat and I would try to play for 1 run early. Why not? The chances of a big inning there are pretty unlikely. If Escobar was up next I would have held Weeks, as he's been hitting the ball pretty decent. All of Gomez's hits lately have been the infield kind. It's easier for me to say all of this because it worked out and Weeks scored anyway.

[trwi7]

Nice at bat, Carlos. Take the strike and swing at the balls.

[pebadger]

That inning is why the Brewers ar not a playoff team this year. Not that particular inning, but all the innings like them that had most of us seeing how it would end before it actually did. Every team fails, but it just seesm like the rate of failure in that specific situation is way too high, starting with yet another useless AB by your best hitter and ending with an awful AB by a guy who probably shouldn't be playing.

[jjkoestler]

Check out Cabrera's first AB vs Strasburg. I'm sure they will show it on Sportscenter or Baseball Tonight as Strasburg made him look like a little leaguer.

[yfinn6]

There goes that lead. I don't like the "feel" of this game. We had to scratch that run out in the first after the first two are in scoring position. And now the Pirates are hitting Wolf decent early, not to mention Wolf hasn't really been getting his pitches down.

[BrewCrewForever]

Let's see.

 

Macha, garbage.

 

Gomez, garbage.

 

Wolf, garbage.

[BrewCrewForever]

Every time Wolf toes the rubber he inches closer and closer into Hammonds/Suppan territory.

[trwi7]

I say that Randy Wolf contract is looking mighty ugly.

[pebadger]

I propose that Kottaras should henceforth be described on the lineup card as"target" rather than "catcher" in the games he works behind the plate.

[Cdiddy34]

randy wolf sucks with lucroy behind the plate and kottraras. hey randy... maybe it's NOT the catchers fault?

[Funketown]

For how awful Wolf has been, it's amazing that his ERA is only 4.67. He has the highest xFIP in the majors (5.24) and the second highest FIP in the majors (5.70).

[thablingster]

I'm late, but hooray Epic Beard!

 

It is pretty scary that Wolf's FIP is that terrible.

[sauveb]

Duke is 2 for 24 this year and Russell used him as a pinch hitter last night. Can anyone explain that logic to me? Even Macha wouldn't do something that mind boggling. And if he did, we would have been all over him.

[thablingster]

The Pirates were up at the time and had a limited bench due to the fact McCutchen is unable to field or hit due to a shoulder injury. There were two outs with no men on base, so the Pirates figured why burn a position player (especially one who likely won't hit one out) when they can just throw a pitcher out there who might get a hit (Duke) instead of one who in all likelihood will not (Carrasco). It wasn't as crazy as it sounds. Duke for his career is a .178 hitter, so it's not like he's Ben Sheets up there.

[sauveb]

I understand your points Blingster but I will counter with Duke has just one start before tonights game because of an elbow injury so they were taking a chance that he could hurt himself. I know it was an elbow but those who were pitchers can tell you that a touchy elbow hates to swing the bat.

[hawing]

The Pirates were up at the time and had a limited bench due to the fact McCutchen is unable to field or hit due to a shoulder injury.

So the Brewers aren't the only team to try to get by with fewer than 25 guys rather than put an injured-to-the-point-of-unavailability player on the DL.

Getting back to the game...good god, Randy, get an out.