2014-07-09 Phillies (Hernandez) at Brewers (Lohse), 7:10 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 4-1... have lost 8 of 9, after winning 8 of previous 10]

[brewcrewdue80]

Hernandez last start: 5.1 10hits 5Runs 117! pitches vs Pitts(a team turning it around)

Today he's thus far 6ip 64 pitches 1ER 3hits vs Milw a team on the decline!

 

You have got to stop with all this running in to tough pitching talk when here's a number 5 Starter tossing his best stat-line of the season at you who only sees the 7 inning every 7 starts this season. Well he's on pace to pitch 10 innings and maybe he'll sweat by then!

[coolcool]

Why has FSN become so terrible at panning out on balls hit up the middle? I've never seen a baseball feed that screws this up like FSN does.

[yfinn6]

Hernandez last start: 5.1 10hits 5Runs 117! pitches vs Pitts(a team turning it around)

Today he's thus far 6ip 64 pitches 1ER 3hits vs Milw a team on the decline!

 

You have got to stop with all this running in to tough pitching talk when here's a number 5 Starter tossing his best stat-line of the season at you who only sees the 7 inning every 7 starts this season. Well he's on pace to pitch 10 innings and maybe he'll sweat by then!

 

Brewers' philosophy: gotta swing your way out of it on the 1st pitch.

[yfinn6]

Hernandez last start: 5.1 10hits 5Runs 117! pitches vs Pitts(a team turning it around)

Today he's thus far 6ip 64 pitches 1ER 3hits vs Milw a team on the decline!

 

You have got to stop with all this running in to tough pitching talk when here's a number 5 Starter tossing his best stat-line of the season at you who only sees the 7 inning every 7 starts this season. Well he's on pace to pitch 10 innings and maybe he'll sweat by then!

 

Brewers' philosophy: gotta swing your way out of it on the 1st pitch.

[yfinn6]

Semi-serious question: are the Brewers the dumbest team in the league? Why would any pitcher throw them strikes? They get themselves out on the 1st pitch so frequently that there's no reason to even nibble to the Brewer hitters.

[cnycerveceros]

Is swearing still against the rules?

[phnxcrew]

two weeks until 4th place! Even with half the team out the cards should have no problem sweeping us. What on earth is going on with these guys?

[yfinn6]

You know the announcers are bored when they make a routine grounder to SS the play of the evening.

[brewcrewdue80]

Unbelievable! 7 pitch 7th inning he's at 71 pitches now.

[brewmann04]

Time for the Brewers to either to change their batting ways or fire the hitting coach.

The cards with those two out will now only take 2/3 from us this weekend can't wait till the country see us on the Fox national broacast

[TURBO]

It doesn't matter who gets hurt for the Cardinals... How many starters are out of their rotation already? Losing a couple position players shouldn't affect them either.

 

They have our number, and things always seem to work out for them regardless of who is out of their line-up at any given time.

[yfinn6]

Is Segura up this inning? I'm excited to see a grounder to Rollins.

[brewmann04]

how could this team be so stupid swinging at all these first pitches.well maybe someone will make some changes after their out of first. This team is looking again like the May ballclub of 2013. Everything falling apart at the same time.

[TURBO]

We sure are making Carmona, er, I mean Hernandez, look like the ace he once was...

 

You know it's bad when Rock and BA are even saying out loud that the Brewers need to stop swinging at the first pitch and make the pitcher work harder... As diplomatic as these two normally are, this has to be driving them nuts too.

[adambr2]

Since the end of April, this is a very average team. And a very average team isn't going to hold on and win this division.

[Dead Simmons]

Carp stayed in the game it's 4-2 Cards in the 5th. Neither pitcher is particularly sharp.

 

Of course the Reds made short work of the Cubbies.

[yfinn6]

Just keep swinging, GoGo.. you'll get lucky eventually.

[brewmann04]

well it nice to hear them say something negative.Wonder what going through our owner mind at this point.

[swheeler23]

well it nice to hear them say something negative.Wonder what going through our owner mind at this point.

 

He is wondering if Braun will ever be healthy

[markedman5]

Coming off the last road trip I was thinking "ok we can get well against a really bad Phillies team that can't score".....oh how wrong I was....this has just been a pathetic display

[chadomac]

I really thought they would win today. They sure swung at a lot of garbage.

[Fear The Chorizo]

can Jimmy Nelson hit?

 

pitching has been uneven lately, but definitely not the culprit for this brutal July start...offense has been asleep since late June aside from an Overbay grand slam last night.

[brewcrewdue80]

Coming off the last road trip I was thinking "ok we can get well against a really bad Phillies team that can't score".....oh how wrong I was....this has just been a pathetic display

 

Exactly what I was thinking too, I've been telling the haters, look we face bad teams too, these are series we win which means above .500. I don't know what to say right now. We're on our way to be 3hit CG Shutout by a pitcher who just came off a 10 hit 117pitch outing and he's on the road? Maybe Pitchers should throw 115+ Hernandez is making a case they come back stronger...I always figured it the other way.

[The stache]

The problem is this team is filled with a bunch of free swingers. They just go up there hacking away. It really doesn't matter who is up there, they are all essentially the same. Somebody posted a graphic last night that the Brewers had four of the hitters taking the fewest average pitches per at bat in the Majors. Sometimes aggressiveness is called for. But it seems to me our hitters don't know when patience is called for. Their approach is always the same.

[AZBrewCrew]

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic