2018-06-18: Brewers (Chacín) at Pirates (Williams) 6:05 PM CDT [Brewers lose, 1-0]

[KeithStone53151]

At least we got to their bullpen, but we basically have to scorein the 8th. We aren't scoring on rivero

[brewmann04]

i am getting a bit tired to see Sogrd on this team and the offense continues to ride a rollar coaster with a bunch of drops right now.

[KeithStone53151]

Without a doubt the right decision to take out Chacin and put in Hader.

 

That being said nearly a complete choke job by Hader. Kratz saved two pitches with magical snags and he barely hit the strike zone with a 3-2 pitch.

 

Agreed, I can assure you hea hader wasn't trying to throw that pitch there. He never throws low fastballs

[Eye Black]

Cain might as well swing for the fences here, manufacturing runs tonight seems like a lost cause.

[MrTPlush]

At least we got to their bullpen, but we basically have to scorein the 8th. We aren't scoring on rivero

 

Agreed, maybe we can score on Vasquez though!

[markedman5]

Last 4 games runs scored 13.....1.....9.....0

 

About to go 1-3 in them.

[brewmann04]

There is so many up and downs with this offense that is frustrating point right now. it nice to be in the spot were thery are now but something needs to be fixed.

[PinaMadness]

Fitting that the Brewers took their flight to Pittsburgh in their Bob Uecker/Harry Doyle attire because we're three outs away from saying "That's all we got? One goddam hit?"

[Eye Black]

Yelich has had the widest called zone of anyone today.

[Eye Black]

Fitting that the Brewers took their flight to Pittsburgh in their Bob Uecker/Harry Doyle attire because we're three outs away from saying "That's all we got? One goddam hit?"

It worked! Make another one!!

[MrTPlush]

If you are Ryan Braun you need to do something against this lefty. You are between two lefty hitters.

[PinaMadness]

Fitting that the Brewers took their flight to Pittsburgh in their Bob Uecker/Harry Doyle attire because we're three outs away from saying "That's all we got? One goddam hit?"

It worked! Make another one!!

"Well the Brewers got a runner. I think I'll wet my pants."

[Eye Black]

If you are Ryan Braun you need to do something against this lefty. You are between two lefty hitters.

Good call, and Vazquez has given up a .702 OPS to right handers this year vs. .358 OPS to left handed hitters.

[MrTPlush]

Don’t mean to question Counsell here, but not sure how I feel using Aguilar in the 8th. You know Vasquez is coming in the 9th and you essentially put two lefties to hit in the 9th...one being Thames.

 

Pretty brutal.

[PinaMadness]

Yelich has to steal here. No way we get two hits in a row.

[pacopete4]

Feast or famine continues.

[MrTPlush]

Yelich has to steal here. No way we get two hits in a row.

 

Lefty pitching, good move, and a good catcher. You just pray for two hits.

[stoutdude04]

Don’t mean to question Counsell here, but not sure how I feel using Aguilar in the 8th. You know Vasquez is coming in the 9th and you essentially put two lefties to hit in the 9th...one being Thames.

 

Pretty brutal.

 

Agreed. I was surprised he used Aguilar.

[pacopete4]

Even though Santana has struggled he could have been used for Thames

[PinaMadness]

I had such a good feeling going into this series. Nothing like suffering a two hit shutout to bring you back down to earth.

Is this shutout #10?

[DuWayne Steurer]

The Brewers remain winless when getting shutout......

[MrTPlush]

Even though Santana has struggled he could have been used for Thames

 

Yah using Thames seemed...odd. Where was Pina? Might as well use him.

[brewmann04]

another powerhouse showing from the offense.

[adambr2]

Double digit times shutout by June. Don't see DeGrom or Syndergaard being very helpful at fixing that.

[Eye Black]

I don’t want to be a debbie downer just because of a few tough losses, but short of some impactful deadline moves I think this offense is going to be exposed in important games down the stretch for its stars and scrubs makeup.

 

Plenty of baseball to play and they have managed to make it work to this point, but I think there is reason to be concerned about having seven players in the regular rotation with sub-100 OPS+ marks. At least Braun (97 OPS+), Villar (96 OPS+) and Perez (91 OPS+) are passable, but guys like Piña (65 OPS+), Santana (82 OPS+), Arcia (36 OPS+), and Sogard (13 OPS+) continue to be detrimental to the offensive success of this team. You just can’t have that many nearly automatic outs in your lineups each night and expect continued success over the course of a season.