2011-04-27 Reds at Brewers - [Brewers lose, 7-6, 10 innings; pre- and post-game audio at tail end of thread]

[topper09er]

Yo at 100 pitches and still lots of deep counts, with the leftys Bruce and Votto up I think hes done after Stubbs

[PrinceEatMeat]

Crap, I had a bad feeling about this inning. It's not looking good so far. At least Roenicke pulled him.

[GoudaBrew]

Bummer for Yo. A bloop single and then got squeezed on that 2-2 pitch to Stubbs.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

Dang nabbit Yovanni. We tie the game, and the first thing you do is put the first two batters on. Two on, no outs, with Brewer Killer Jay Bruce up and NL MVP on deck. Brilliant

[derflotr]

The 2-2 was most definitely a strike. Gallardo didn't deserve either of those baserunners.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

5 Innings Pitched, 13 baserunners. I hope Greinke can do better. Gallardo looks (by far) like our worst pitcher so far this spring. Narverson is coming back to earth, but Wolf, Marcum, and Estrada have been stellar so far.

[rluzinski]

Wow, these guys are trying to see who can out-smartball each other.

[dlk9s]

Hard luck inning for Yo. Really, while he fell behind in counts early, he didn't give up much in the way of hard hits aside from the homer (and I guess the double by the pitcher).

[PrinceEatMeat]

Bruce bunts? Interesting move, but smart baseball.

[strawbossisevil]

I just wonder if there is something the Brewers coaching staff can do to help Yovanni recognize that his stuff is good enough to attack the zone, rather than always be nibbling and running up big pitch counts.

 

Ugh...Green up in the bullpen.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Crap, Green is up in the bullpen.

[dlk9s]

Dang nabbit Yovanni. We tie the game, and the first thing you do is put the first two batters on. Two on, no outs, with Brewer Killer Jay Bruce up and NL MVP on deck. Brilliant

Neither guy should be on base. Criticize his first inning, but not this one. Renteria lunged at a pitch and dumped it into left, then he easily had strike three on a 2-2 pitch to the next guy and it was called a ball.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Great. They get a run, and Green is coming in to give up more.

[topper09er]

Stetter sucks, up 1-2 and totally hangs one right over the heart of the plate against the league MVP. He better not face Phillips

[derflotr]

Can't throw pitches like that, Mitch.

[davemakovec]

The first baserunner was due to a broken-bat squibber, and he threw a beauty of a strike for ball three. That's the kind of call that makes fans beg for Questec.

[topper09er]

Im not sure who I would rather have face Phillips; Stetter, Green or my mom

[GoudaBrew]

Votto is too good of a hitter to miss that hanger right down the middle. And on a 1-2 count no less.

[strawbossisevil]

So we finally finish coming back, and then we give the Reds the lead right back again. Baseball can be so frustrating sometimes.

[dlk9s]

Bruce bunts? Interesting move, but smart baseball.

Wow. I actually like something that Dusty Baker did. Advance the runners into scoring position and now either the Brewers have to pitch to Votto or walk him. Pitching to him is risky, walking him loads the bases. Plus a bunt and an IBB negates your LOOGY. That's a really, really cool managerial move to me and not something I would've thought of.

[PrinceEatMeat]

This is why Stetter is going down when Parra comes back. I really don't understand why some people think he should stay over Braddock. Braddock is a far superior pitcher. And Green is about to prove why he should be DFA'd in a few days when Saito returns.

[umphrey]

I have zero confidence in Sean Green

[PrinceEatMeat]

I have zero confidence in Sean Green

If anyone who has watched him pitch has confidence in him, then idk what they are smoking. Even if he somehow gets out of this, he still sucks.

[Yeti73]

Gah...I'm turning this off until Green is out of the game...

[umphrey]

I'm hoping that at least Sean Green does enough to get him off the roster... the little victories