2011-05-17 Brewers (Wolf) at Dodgers (Kuroda) - 9:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 3-0]

[ELCABALLO45]

Braun with some more SB padding. And no Bill, that is NOT a big steal. That's why the Dodgers didn't care.

If the Dodgers are not going to play it, might as well take it.

[brains and braun]

It's not a strike, but that pitch has been called a strike more often than not tonight. I'm not shocked to see it a called strike at this point.

Agreed. Just looked like one of the more egregious examples.

[brewers19]

*sigh*

 

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[bucksman4]

Braun with some more SB padding. And no Bill, that is NOT a big steal. That's why the Dodgers didn't care.

If the Dodgers are not going to play it, might as well take it.

It's not like he's padding his stats to get a big contract.

[dlk9s]

Braun with some more SB padding. And no Bill, that is NOT a big steal. That's why the Dodgers didn't care.

 

It makes the chances of scoring any runs go from 22.3% to 26.3%. Not that big but why not if they are giving it to you for free.

Exactly. It's not "big," or anything to get excited about, but Braun would have had the chance to score on a wild pitch/passed ball, a balk, an infield single, or an infield error.

[ilovebeer]

Lets hope the bullpen doesn't give any runs up.

[ilovebeer]

Good Counsell in for Benticourt.

[topper09er]

That 0-1 to Kuroda looked like the exact same pitch that Betancourt K'd on.

 

Edit: same with the 1-2 pitch.

[Raw Biz]

This is one of those starts that seems like an awful one for Wolf. Sure he's only given up 2 runs but he allowed 9 baserunners in 5+ and a lot of his outs were hit hard. Plus he threw a ton of pitches and worked incredibly slow.

[ilovebeer]

Nice job Mitre.

[brains and braun]

Getting screwed on that corner. Tell me that wasn't as good as Kuroda's pitch. Vin Scully seemed to be wondering about it as well...

[SenatorShriv]

Wow. 119 pitches for Wolf. I'm not too worried, but that is a heck of a load for a guy struggling that hard all night.

[Mr QL]

score some runs please please please

[Mr QL]

looks like that was high

[rluzinski]

Pitch f/x thought all of those called strikes were balls to Lucroy.

EDIT: and the first two called strikes to Gomez. 5 in a row.

[brains and braun]

We don't seem to get it where Kuroda's making his living either...And btw...Gomez = FAIL

[SenatorShriv]

Lucroy got hosed by the big strike zone too.

 

The tough thing is that last night the zone was super small.

[Oxy]

At this point, don't you have to stand on top of the plate in order to reach that strike 6 inches off the plate?

[bucksman4]

Doesn't there come a point where, no matter how good of defense you play, your bat is so horribly bad that you play yourself out of the lineup? Sheesh Gomez.

[Mr QL]

save us nyjer kotsay?

 

maybe boggs

 

all I know is Gomez is beyond horrible

[rluzinski]

Doesn't there come a point where, no matter how good of defense you play, your bat is so horribly bad that you play yourself out of the lineup? Sheesh Gomez.

Betancourt would be the first to go by far then.

[COBrewerfan]

Doesn't there come a point where, no matter how good of defense you play, your bat is so horribly bad that you play yourself out of the lineup? Sheesh Gomez.

No, especially considering it is being mentioned in a game where we have no runs and few hits. The offense as a whole has been awful with guys on tonight. And I thought it was only that he was batting in the 2 hole?

 

[dlk9s]

Sensational play by Braun there! What a gun!

[dlk9s]

Wow. 119 pitches for Wolf. I'm not too worried, but that is a heck of a load for a guy struggling that hard all night.

Scully said Wolf went to 3-ball counts against 10 batters and those 10 batters accounted for something like 64 pitches.

[bucksman4]

Doesn't there come a point where, no matter how good of defense you play, your bat is so horribly bad that you play yourself out of the lineup? Sheesh Gomez.

Betancourt would be the first to go by far then.

I can't disagree with that.

What a throw by Braun, wow.