2018-07-30: Brewers (Peralta) at Dodgers (Maeda) 9:10 PM CDT [Brewers win, 5-2]

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Thames says phooey on your station-to-station stuff!

[dlk9s]

Hmm...that's surprising. Sometimes Braun and Thames make outs and sometimes they get base hits and jack dingers.

[82brewcrew82]

That is going to come back to haunt them. You can bet Maeda will go on to allow like 2 baserunners over the next 6 innings.

Or not.

[young guns]

That will make up for the first inning! And I'm off to bed on that note.

[pacopete4]

Braun and Thames get their revenge!

[wildcat83]

There's a hard hit ball!

 

Thames was a few feet from having 7 RBI right now with the long bases loaded foul ball in the first.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

That will make up for the first inning! And I'm off to bed on that note.

 

Yeah, I fear it's going to be a long day of hitting "refresh" tomorrow.

[Bulldogboy]

Lineup being deeper paying off big time. Even when they don't score pitchers have to work hard.

[BruisedCrew]

I guess scoring 3 runs after two outs and nobody on cushions the blow from that first inning.

[FVBrewerFan]

So Brewers, so predictable. 2 out and nobody on and they end up scoring 3. Seems to only happen to the Brewers. Stupid Counsel waiting for 2 outs to get things going.

[LouisEly]

Hmm...that's surprising. Sometimes Braun and Thames make outs and sometimes they get base hits and jack dingers.

You mean they're not algorithms with expected outcomes??

[pitchleague]

Lol!

 

I need to put something else besides that, so, I'll just say thank goodness I'm on west coast time so it won't be brutally late for me tonight!

[dlk9s]

I'm east coast. At least I'm normally up until 2:00am.

[pacopete4]

I will say that it doesn’t feel like the IGT’s get too crazy on the west coast. So that’s a positive.

[dlk9s]

Peralta's hook is nasty.

 

And I liked Singleton's discussion of the spin rate on his fastball and how it affects hitters' timing. You could kind of see it on the swinging strike before Pederson's K. It was a pretty straight 92 MPH fastball down the middle, but Pederson swung his helmet off like it was 100+.

[bigredrobbo]

I will say that it doesn’t feel like the IGT’s get too crazy on the west coast. So that’s a positive.

 

I think that might have been tested had Thames not homered in the last. Leaving 6 on in the first 3 sounds like a "light the Brewerfan IGT touch paper and stand back" situation!

[82brewcrew82]

Peralta's hook is nasty.

 

And I liked Singleton's discussion of the spin rate on his fastball and how it affects hitters' timing. You could kind of see it on the swinging strike before Pederson's K. It was a pretty straight 92 MPH fastball down the middle, but Pederson swung his helmet off like it was 100+.

Definitely some talent to work with. He's just throwing way too many pitchers right now.

[TooLiveBrew]

Love that curveball in a fastball count at 2-1 to Machado. Peralta really has confidence in that curve tonight -- nice to see

[dlk9s]

You could see that Muncy XBH coming. Peralta couldn't find the zone for a couple batters and you just knew he had to serve one up.

[Fear The Chorizo]

this has the feel of a game we're happy the pen is really well rested...Peralta going to be fortunate to get through 5 with all these pitches

 

edit: hoping CC realizes that too and doesn't give Peralta too much of a leash

[bigredrobbo]

Pitch counts sky high for both starters. Bullpen battle, ahoy!

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Peralta just isn't ready yet. Just has trouble hitting his spots. If he figures that out, we could have something.

[Roderick]

Peralta looks like four innings tonight.

[lcbj68c]

71 pitches in 2 2/3. Good Grief. 2 hours to play 3 innings. albeit a small power delay.

[82brewcrew82]

Peralta looks like four innings tonight.

I'll be happy if we get three and still have the lead.