2013-04-14 Brewers (Estrada) at Cardinals (Garcia), 1:15 PM CDT [Brewers score, come back, go ahead, save and win, 4-3, 10 innings]

[topper09er]

Its very nice to feel nervous about a baseball game for once

[TURBO]

Kintzler working his 2nd inning

 

hmmmmmmm, I actually agree with this move...

[TURBO]

Kintzler working his 2nd inning

 

hmmmmmmm, I actually agree with this move...

 

UGGGHHHHHH!

[Gobias Industries]

Results aside, I'm gonna go on record and say I actually like the way Roenicke has handled the pen today.

[topper09er]

Hopefully they bunt twice

[pebadger]

Lots of guys will get themselves out, but Freese is one of the guys least likely to do that.

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

mr.useless with another productive at bat

 

The guy after him in the lineup today is starting to heat up and has, historically, been a good hitter with RISP. A radical idea might be to put him in the 4 spot.

 

I agree 100%. Lucroy is a better hitter than Weeks overall. I'm surprised Lucroy hasn't been placed 4th in the lineup. Weeks should be around 6 or 7.

[AZBrewCrew]

Ron walking out to the mound with his gas can in hand...

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

Please dont blow it please dont blow it please

[topper09er]

Why arent they bunting?

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

All the bullpen options are so jekyl and hyde. Come on Gonzalez you can do this.

[Eye Black]

ONE. MORE. OUT.

[AZBrewCrew]

One out away from win #3.

[rluzinski]

Putting on the winning runner intentionally. Yuck.

 

mr.useless with another productive at bat

 

The guy after him in the lineup today is starting to heat up and has, historically, been a good hitter with RISP. A radical idea might be to put him in the 4 spot.

 

I agree 100%. Lucroy is a better hitter than Weeks overall. I'm surprised Lucroy hasn't been placed 4th in the lineup. Weeks should be around 6 or 7.

 

I'd be fine flipping them in the lineup but I'm not sure Lucroy is the better hitter. You are free to disagree with these, but updated ZiPS projections:

 

Weeks: .251 / .341 / .437

Lucroy: .270 / .325 / .413

 

It comes down to how much you weight their 2012 seasons when coming up with an estimate.

[dlk9s]

Why arent they bunting?

TLR would've done something like put a pitcher in as a pinch hitter then had him do a fake-bunt-pull-back-and-swing.

[Raw Biz]

Putting the winning run on base? Against Gonzalez? I really don't get this, especially with Beltran available.

[trwi7]

Put the winning run on with a really good switch hitter on the bench. Well done, Roenicke.

[adambr2]

Always a great idea to put the winning run on base.

[TURBO]

mr.useless with another productive at bat

 

The guy after him in the lineup today is starting to heat up and has, historically, been a good hitter with RISP. A radical idea might be to put him in the 4 spot.

 

I agree 100%. Lucroy is a better hitter than Weeks overall. I'm surprised Lucroy hasn't been placed 4th in the lineup. Weeks should be around 6 or 7.

 

 

I'd go one step further and say that Weeks should be hitting 8th as of late.

[Eye Black]

Putting the winning run on base seems risky.

[Gobias Industries]

I agree 100%. Lucroy is a better hitter than Weeks overall. I'm surprised Lucroy hasn't been placed 4th in the lineup. Weeks should be around 6 or 7.

No doubt Luc should be moved to 4, but I think Weeks is actually a really nice number 2 hitter if he could just perform to his career numbers. The problem is, he might not be that kind of hitter anymore. He's been about a 700 ops guy since his injury, and it's not like we're just talking about 200 plate appearances anymore.

[vegasbrewcrew1993]

Good move walking Holliday. Can't really trust any of our guys against a good hitter. Bad move taking out Gonzalez for Badenhop.

[topper09er]

We shall see how this pans out, they pitched to Braun and we walked Holliday

[TURBO]

Bad move taking out Gonzalez for Badenhop.

 

What's the difference? Seriously, they both suck.

[topper09er]

The question is, did RRR even anticipate Beltran or is this a bit of a surprise to him?