2011-09-07 Brewers (Greinke) at Cardinals (Carpenter) - [Brewers lose, 2-0]

[jason21nl]

Albert needs to get his ass drilled

[PrinceEatMeat]

Morgan was definitely provoked there. I bet Carpenter said something to him, possibly Pujols though actually. Idk why he ran across the field. After replays it looks like Pujols caused it.

[a3uge]

Now I can see why the Pirates and Nationals got rid of Morgan. Yeah he can be fun and exciting but that was completely unnecessary and stupid.

It's actually not all that dumb. Morgan's done for the game anyways, so why not rile up the pitcher that has been on fire all game. Maybe you get a chance to get him kicked out as well?

[ninja33]

nice of the ump to wait until braun is set in the box and carpenter is about to pitch to issue a warning...

[Glennron]

What happened?

Carpenter struck out Morgan after a long at bat. As he was walking back to the dugout he was saying something to Carpenter and threw his chew onto the field. Pujols jogged over towards Morgan and Morgan let out a clear loud naughty word that can't be typed. Benches clear, nothing happens. Bill Schroeder blames it on Albert Pujols.

[Raw Biz]

I wouldn't put it past Carpenter to drill Prince here since the Brewers wouldn't get a shot at retaliation this season.

Nevermind.

[davego]

Rock is wrong on this one. Nyjar was being stupid.

[AdvantageSchneider]

Bill asks why would you drill someone with a 2-0 lead. Well Bill, why would you drill someone when the game is tied? It happened what one week ago?

[afeter]

fartsicles.

[jerichoholicninja]

Ya, Morgan needed to take on Pujols. After showing that replay of the whole field Pujols was being a jerk in some way.

[theavrock]

Nyjer was talking trash to Carpenter from the moment he struck out. From what I can tell there wasn't anything that Carpenter did that would have led him to do that.

 

He was staring down Carpenter as he walked to the dugout and then Pujols came running over telling him to go sit down.

 

Because he is god of baseball Nyjer was tossed and Albert was allowed to stay in the game.

[pastoradub]

Poor situational hitting. Tough loss for Greinke.

[burnzy24]

I actually feel bad to Carpenter. He is going to have to explain this all to his son.

[pebadger]

Enjoy October golf, Cards. I'll be thinking of you.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Bill was right on that though. Pujols didn't need to run across the field there. That's what made it into a big deal. If he didn't Nyjer would've walked off and nothing would've happened.

[bucksman4]

STL is definitely not afraid of MIL. They always play the Brewers very confidently and tough. Thankfully, we have a nice cushion.

[davego]

Maybe Albert should have kept is butt at first, but Morgan started this. The guy has been great...but this one is on him.

[valpocrewsader]

Wouldn't put it past Carpenter to say something snarky. At the least, Morgan ratcheted things up several notches with F bombs and attitude. At worst, Carpenter said nothing and Nyjer pulled all that drama out of thin air.

[ELCABALLO45]

I love Tony Plush.

[markedman5]

first complete game shutout for Carpenter since 2009.....last one also against the Brewers......

 

Hopefully we break out fo this offensive funk but with Hamels, Lee and company coming in it doesn't look good.

[dlk9s]

The Cards broadcast showed a replay from a high angle behind home plate, one where you could see the entire infield. It was weird. It didn't look like Carpenter said anything - he actually had his back turned the entire time. Nothing was happening aside from Nyjer running his mouth (and flinging his dip) until Pujols decided to escalate it. I'm not saying Pujols did anything really bad, it's just that it seemed like the benches wouldn't have cleared had Pujols not run over. Molina, the hot head he normally is, was actually doing a nice job of calmly staying in between Nyjer and the infield while Nyjer was dropping f-bombs.

 

I figure that had Pujols not come over, Braun, being the closest Brewer to Nyjer, would have probably gotten him out of there before anything bad happened. Then again, who knows, maybe Nyjer would have walked onto the infield and started something.

[jjkoestler]

8.5 game lead. I'm not worried. Go Crew. Enjoy watching the playoffs on TV Cards.

[pebadger]

Silver lining in all of this for the fans: Unless the Cards really tank, or the Brewers dominate the Phils this weekend, there is a chance the Brewers clinch at home against the Marlins rather than in Wrigley.

[a3uge]

When Morgan got kicked out he said 'he said it first, so he should be kicked out too'. I wouldn't be surprised if Morgan was just trying to fight for the sake of trying to get Carpenter out of the game. Unless he gets suspended, it doesn't really matter. What's the negative? His reputation goes down?

[Mr QL]

eh, what Nyjer did wasn't that bad. He was chirping but Pujols charging him or whatever escalated it.

 

I'm more upset that we've gotten dominated by these scrubs the last 2 series