2014-05-05 Diamondbacks (Bolsinger) at Brewers (Garza), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 8-3]

[FVBrewerFan]

A couple of points.

 

1) you can pitch Wang with a five run lead; you can simply 'once two guys get on, you are done'; at least he will be able to face two guys... maybe two innings!

2) did you notice Smith was suddenly (this outing) not at 94-96 mph... but only 90ish; that is a warning sign to me

 

I did not, sure 90 wasn't his slider?

[chickinbrickin]

On a side note, Axford taking the loss on back to back days serving up game winning blasts... Sound familiar?

[FVBrewerFan]

BTW, good job Garza. That could have easily been much worse. Need more out of him than gutty 6 inning barely quality starts.

[SoupTown]

I sure hope the Crew can score 5 or 6 more in the bottom of the 8th to allow the bullpen to relax.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Would be nice for Wooten to get thru the 8th unscathed then hang another crooked # up in the home half before giving Wang a shot to close out the game.

[wildcat83]

A couple of points.

 

1) you can pitch Wang with a five run lead; you can simply 'once two guys get on, you are done'; at least he will be able to face two guys... maybe two innings!

2) did you notice Smith was suddenly (this outing) not at 94-96 mph... but only 90ish; that is a warning sign to me

 

I did not, sure 90 wasn't his slider?

 

One fastball 89 and one 93. The rest were in between. Sliders were 81-83 on FSN.

[Fear The Chorizo]

shoot, or for Wooten to get thru the final 2 IP

[FVBrewerFan]

Wang vs Snakes in the 9th

[FVBrewerFan]

A couple of points.

 

1) you can pitch Wang with a five run lead; you can simply 'once two guys get on, you are done'; at least he will be able to face two guys... maybe two innings!

2) did you notice Smith was suddenly (this outing) not at 94-96 mph... but only 90ish; that is a warning sign to me

 

I did not, sure 90 wasn't his slider?

 

One fastball 89 and one 93. The rest were in between. Sliders were 81-83 on FSN.

 

Yea, didnt think he threw a 90 slider. That is worth keeping an eye on then, but he seemed to cruise through

[brewmann04]

IT TERRIBLE THAT RR WONT GET WANG IN WITH A 5 RUN LEAD

[SoupTown]

If Wang does not pitch today, it simply means he will only be used when the Crew is down 4+ runs and/or when Maldonado is unavailable. That will make me sad.

[Fear The Chorizo]

If Wooten's still feeling good I'd rather him start the 9th...see if you can get 2IP out of him and only use 3 pitchers in a blowout game.

 

that said, we'll probably see KRod for som godforsaken reason.

[DHonks]

I'd either throw Wooten again or Wang. Nobody else allowed

[wildcat83]

Gomez 3rd walk... That has to be a rarity.

[brewmann04]

AT LEAST LET WANG PITCH TO A LEFTY IN THE 9TH

[Oxy]

The number of "Wang" posts that do not involve puns in this thread is truly astonishing.

[trwi7]

Really? 8-3 in the 9th, 1 out, 1 on and you have to make a pitching change? Even if Montero homers you're still up 3.

[brewmann04]

so instead of using Wang he going to blow another reliever in a 5 run game.

[bylo tesi me]

Gomez 3rd walk... That has to be a rarity.

 

 

 

Just a couple years ago, I wouldn't have thought that possible

[valpocrewsader]

We can't let Wooten try to get two more outs with five run lead and a runner on first? Burrrnnn that bullpen, rrr.

[SoupTown]

Maybe we can wear out Wooten, then send him back to AAA.

 

RR screwed this up. He could have had Wang start the 8th and if two guys get on, then go to Wooten.

 

Mind you, with Wooten's initial blow up a few games ago, two nice outing in a row keeps him positive for the rest of the year when he is called backup.

 

So, we just need to hope for the odd early blow out against the Crew (strange to say!). Heck I am even happy with the three innings Wang threw the other day with a 1 run deficit to start. Wang did not shirk getting through three. Maybe that will just happen once a week. Let me see... 25 weeks... 3 innings a week... 75 innings... ha ha. Quite a work load

[wildcat83]

Really? That rocket single was enough to make RRR burn an outing from another reliever

[SoupTown]

Is Frankie up and throwing. I think we need to give RR a NINE MAN bullpen.

[dlk9s]

so instead of using Wang he going to blow another reliever in a 5 run game.

I know this wasn't meant to be a pun, but wow.

[SoupTown]

Geez. I hope we can hang on. This is getting tense.