2012-03-19 Brewers (Wolf) at Rangers (Darvish) - 3:05 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-3; Aoki 3-3, 3 RBI]

[hawing]

The beat goes on. Here's the anticipated starting lineup for your Brewers:

 

2B Rickie Weeks

CF Nyjer Morgan

LF Ryan Braun

1B Travis Ishikawa

SS Alex Gonzalez

DH George Kottaras

C Jonathan Lucroy

RF Norichika Aoki

3B Cesar Izturis

LHP Randy Wolf

 

No Wolfottaras battery, but both Randy and George are in the lineup.

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[3and2Fastball]

I know it is just a spring training lineup, but should I start to be scared that Alex Gonzalez has been hitting 5th? Roenicke wouldn't actually hit Gonzalez anywhere but 7th or 8th, right?

[umphrey]

I know it is just a spring training lineup, but should I start to be scared that Alex Gonzalez has been hitting 5th? Roenicke wouldn't actually hit Gonzalez anywhere but 7th or 8th, right?

 

Why read into this? He's also got Ishikawa batting 4th and a DH in the lineup. I'd guess the 5th hitter is going to be Weeks or Hart with Gamel probably next in line.

[umphrey]

Wolf is getting hammered and Darvish mowed down Weeks, Morgan, Braun

[3and2Fastball]

Great to see Aoki putting together some solid at-bats. 3 for 3 with a triple and 3 RBI's.

 

That was one helluva bunt by Izturis on the suicide squeeze. That pitch was at head level and Cesar still got the bunt down

[3and2Fastball]

Gonzalez looked really smooth in the field today. To say he's a better fielder than Yuni is like saying that Ice is colder that boiling water

[3and2Fastball]

Kentrail Davis with a rocket launched HR to right. He got all of that one

[3and2Fastball]

...And the Brewers win...

 

Thank you, hawing, I wouldn't have known that it was a free game to watch on MLB.com if I hadn't have checked this thread

 

The Brewers looked pretty good day. Wolf pitched pretty well and Braun had some good at-bats despite not getting a hit. He hit a scorching line drive right at the left-fielder, so it looks like he's seeing the ball well...