2018-08-30: Brewers (Miley) at Reds (Reed) 11:35 AM CDT [Brewers win 2-1, in 11 innings -- Cain solo HR in 11th to take lead]

[jerichoholicninja]

Classic Perez AB there.

[adambr2]

Great patience Hernan.

[bigredrobbo]

Kratz magic, por favor.

[TURBO]

I can't stand the thought of Albers taking the mound today. Just can't stand it.

[jerichoholicninja]

BS call

[KeithStone53151]

I feel like teams have learned that Thames can't hit low inside sliders, and he also can't lay off them...

[tmwiese55]

Thought he was gonna blow up on taht ump and then realized he's our only C

[bigredrobbo]

Can the Reds killer please kill some Reds, starting, like, now?

[Lathund]

Seemed like an easy double switch opportunity last inning. Burnes in for Moose, Shaw in for P

 

In hindsight certainly would've been the way to go. I guess the thinking behind it was that with Burnes pitching yesterday, they wouldn't be looking for multiple innings out of him anyway. And had he gone 15-20 pitches he would've been out, making the double switch pointless. Then again, they don't lose all that much from doing it, unless the plan was for the next pitcher to go multiple innings in which case you'd have to let him bat or make another double switch, this time weakening the offense by bringing in Arcia.

[tmwiese55]

in an extra inning game we just had one of our few guys available and one who can go multiple innings only throw 5 pitches. crossing my fingers on the scraps coming out of the pen the rest of the way

[adambr2]

I would say i wish we would have saved some of those 13 runs from yesterday for today, but we needed them all yesterday.

[KeithStone53151]

Seemed like an easy double switch opportunity last inning. Burnes in for Moose, Shaw in for P

 

In hindsight certainly would've been the way to go. I guess the thinking behind it was that with Burnes pitching yesterday, they wouldn't be looking for multiple innings out of him anyway. And had he gone 15-20 pitches he would've been out, making the double switch pointless. Then again, they don't lose all that much from doing it, unless the plan was for the next pitcher to go multiple innings in which case you'd have to let him bat or make another double switch, this time weakening the offense by bringing in Arcia.

 

My fingers are crossed that it's Barnes. No Brooks or Albers please...

[adambr2]

Thames has been really disappointing for awhile now.

[shanedog19]

Oof, Thames looks pretty lost at the plate right now.

[bigredrobbo]

None of the options sound particularly inviting, but we said that about Lyles last Friday.

[KeithStone53151]

Soria sounds good, my next question though is who closes the game if we get a lead? Would Jeffress or Hader? I doubt it. Will be interesting to see how this plays out...I hope we get the opportunity to see what would happen.

[buckybrewer232]

Oof, Thames looks pretty lost at the plate right now.

 

I gotta say, I wouldn't mind seeing them just deal Thames for whatever this offseason. He can be a frustrating player and there's no real space for him now.

[tmwiese55]

Oof, Thames looks pretty lost at the plate right now.

 

I gotta say, I wouldn't mind seeing them just deal Thames for whatever this offseason. He can be a frustrating player and there's no real space for him now.

 

Especially if somehow Moose comes back, which I doubt. but if he did this would free up ABs at 1B.

[StearnBrewliever]

Gotta get Thames hot for the stretch....so we can deal him

[bigredrobbo]

No Hamilton or Gennett walk-off, please, baseball gods.

[adambr2]

Top of the order up, they've been relatively quiet today. Gotta get it done now.

[bigredrobbo]

Lazy Aguilar 50% redemption. Other 50% for winning this one?

[KeithStone53151]

Top of the order up, they've been relatively quiet today. Gotta get it done now.

 

Right, hard to call this do or die...but it's probably the case with our pen situation.

[treego14]

Cain delivers the pain!

[KeithStone53151]

Goodbye baseball...