2011-04-02 Brewers (Marcum) at Reds (Wood) - 6:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 4-2]

[pretendastronaut]

April 2 - 6:10 P.M.

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Pitching Matchup

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Shaun Marcum

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Reds vs. Marcum
Marcum Game Log

Travis Wood

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Brewers vs. Wood
Wood Game Log

Starting Lineups

1. 2B Weeks
   
2. CF Gomez
   
3. LF Braun
   
4. 1B Fielder
   
5. 3B McGehee
   
6. RF Almonte
   
7. SS Betancourt
   
8. C Nieves
   
9. P Marcum
   

1. CF Stubbs
   
2. 2B Phillips
   
3. 1B Votto
   
4. 3B Rolen
   
5. LF Gomes
   
6. RF Bruce
   
7. SS Renteria
   
8. C Hanigan
   
9. P Wood
   

Media Coverage

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Brewerfan Game Chat

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Fan Sites

RedsZone

[PrinceEatMeat]

I really hate WMLW. Standard definition games suck. It's really hard to watch. Might have to follow on gameday or listen, while watching the Final Four games.

[RobDeer 45]

Really need to get the bad taste out my mouth, come on Crew!

[DHonks]

You have the game time wrong

[crewcrazy]

Time has been corrected in the thread title and first post.

 

Interesting note from Tom Haudricourt -- when they were piecing together the schedule for this year, the Reds had the choice of scheduling this as a day game or going up against a Final Four game, and they chose the latter. It's not like a sizeable portion of the Cincinnati fanbase also happen to be huge Kentucky fans or anything.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Dumb move by the Reds. Seems like a no brainer to make it a day game.

[ELCABALLO45]

Excited to watch Marcum pitch. Want to get that bad taste out of my mouth from Opening Day.

 

EDIT: For my stupidity

[BrewCrewForever]

Really looking forward to seeing Marcum pitch live. So far have only seen clips of him from mlb.com. Would be nice for him to go 6 or 7 innings and the Brewers offense get a nice lead. I would be nervous to leave it up to Randy Wolf tomorrow to stop us from getting swept.

[Blancofan1]

For those of us in central WI with Charter cable, the game is currently listed in SD on channel 87 EXTRA. Not sure if it is actually going to be on or not, but it's listed.

 

Note--this is not an actual MLB Extra Innings channel since that is not available in this area.

[azcheesehead]

Just as Blancofan1 wrote, same in EC/Rice Lake area.

[Schlitz001]

It sounds like Marcum is scheduled to throw about 80 pitches. Hopefully he's efficient.

 

There's no way Kotsay is in the lineup today against Wood, right?

[Vgmastr]

For Time Warner people, the game is listed on the FSN alternate channel 310, at least it is up here in the Fox Valley. So glad they're making this game available to people outside of the WMLW viewing area!

[ELCABALLO45]

Line ups according to Adam McCalvy

 

Rickie Weeks 2B

Carlos Gomez CF

Ryan Braun LF

Prince Fielder 1B

Casey McGehee 3B

Erick Almonte RF

Yuniesky Betancourt SS

Wil Nieves C

Shaun Marcum RHP

 

 

[The Truth]

Really looking forward to watching this game (yes its listed on Extra channel 87 on Charter cable in the Madison area). Will be intrigued to see if Almonte gets the start

[trwi7]

CF Stubbs

2B Phillips

1B Votto

3B Rolen

LF Gomes

RF Bruce

SS Renteria

C Hanigan

P Wood

[ilovebeer]

They better win this evening, i am still in a bad mood over opening day. I am looking forward to watching Marcum pitch.

[brewtank34]

Can't wait to see Marcum! Almonte gets the nod instead of Morgan...interesting.

[The Truth]

Can't wait to see Marcum! Almonte gets the nod instead of Morgan...interesting.

If you look at his splits, Morgan really should never start against lefties, unless its an emergency or he's the only option. Morgan hits well against right-handers, not so much against Lefties... I do love watching Ryan Braun bat against left-handers

 

 

[bylo tesi me]

So the two guys listed as back-up infielders by the official Brewer website get the starts in RF. Welcome to Milwaukee Nyjer Morgan and Jeremy Reed.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Guys, the only reason Almonte is starting is because it's a lefty pitcher. None of the other guys should be starting against lefties anyway. This doesn't mean that Almonte is ahead of Morgan and Reed on the bench.

[jjkoestler]

No Morgan or Kottaras?

[Hofbraunhaus]

Really looking forward to watching the game tonight (even if it is on WMLW). I had recorded the game on Thursday but was in too bad of a mood to watch it after following along live on gameday. A great start by Marcum is exactly what I need after the spring training injuries and opening day disappointment.

[The Truth]

I'm very intrigued by this whole Kottaras-Nieves thing. Alot of folks here on Brewerfan.net insist that Kottaras will remain the backup catcher when Lucroy returns, but if that is the case, why isn't Kottaras getting a start in these first 2 games? (Kottaras will start tommorow, apparently).... Nieves is an impressive defensive catcher but historically Kottaras is a vastly better hitter than Nieves.... I suppose I could see sitting Kottaras versus a lefty... I'm concerned that Kottaras will be let go when Lucroy returns, which I think would be a real mistake

[PrinceEatMeat]

No Morgan or Kottaras?

We're facing a lefty.

[bylo tesi me]

Guys, the only reason Almonte is starting is because it's a lefty pitcher. None of the other guys should be starting against lefties anyway. This doesn't mean that Almonte is ahead of Morgan and Reed on the bench.

I realize Almonte's starting because of the lefty, and I really don't have much of a problem with it until Hart is back. I was just noting the interesting roster decision where the Brewers apparently have 6 outfielders and only 1 back-up infielder. Plus, it seems a little embarrassing that the Brewers are trotting out a DH and a 33 yr.old AAAA guy to play RF until Hart returns. At least Morgan and Reed can play defense.