2019-05-16: Brewers (Davies) at Phillies (Eflin) [Brewers win, 11-3 -- Four home runs combined from Yelich (2), Grandal, and Moustakas; Braun stays hot at the plate]

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[pre]Brewers Lineup Phillies Lineup

 

1. Ben Gamel (L) CF 1. Andrew McCutchen ® LF

2. Christian Yelich (L) RF 2. Bryce Harper (L) RF

3. Ryan Braun ® LF 3. Jean Segura ® SS

4. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B 4. Rhys Hoskins ® 1B

5. Yasmani Grandal (S) C 5. Cesar Hernandez (S) 2B

6. Keston Hiura ® 2B 6. Odubel Herrera (L) CF

7. Eric Thames (L) 1B 7. Andrew Knapp (S) C

8. Orlando Arcia ® SS 8. Maikel Franco ® 3B

9. Zach Davies ® P 9. Zach Eflin ® P[/pre]

 

Zach Davies: Batter (Phillies) vs Pitching Stats

 

Zach Eflin: Batter (Brewers) vs Pitching Stats

[liveforoctober]

Zach battle. Eflin has been good/great this year. Hopefully out Zach keeps up his wizardry.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Yelich crushed that ball!

[brooks_quichenick]

Attaboy Yeli!!

[Eye Black]

The Brewers have now scored 13 runs (and counting) in the first three innings of games this series.

[trwi7]

Bill is a robot who is programmed to say "He's going to get hot, you just hope it's not when you're in town/until they leave town" at least once a series.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Yeah, Segura crushed that ball, too

[82brewcrew82]

Clanked that one, no doubt about it.

[pacopete4]

Keston’s first error.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Clanked that one, no doubt about it.

 

I'm sure that liner was diving a bit, but yeah, catching the ball would've been nice there

[jjfanec]

1st and 3rd and nobody out. Will we get a run here or not? Feels like a less than 50% chance

[jjfanec]

1st and 3rd and nobody out. Will we get a run here or not? Feels like a less than 50% chance

 

Glad to be wrong!

[pacopete4]

It sure is great to see Braun playing so well. Fun stuff.

[adambr2]

I'm not expecting Braun to rediscover the fountain of 2012 youth or anything, but he has really been swinging a nice bat lately. If he has enough left in the tank for a 25-30 HR .850 OPS or so season that would be huge for this offense.

[adambr2]

As much as I like Moustakas, it's kind of hard to believe when you look up his career numbers and see he's only a .740 career OPS hitter. Less than Jonathan Schoop, for comparison.

[adambr2]

Tough matchup for Hiura. Obviously wish his first big situation test had gone a little better for him.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Tough matchup for Hiura. Obviously wish his first big situation test had gone a little better for him.

 

It's his first taste of the Big Leagues. There will be highs and lows. Hopefully the Brewers stay the course with him, because he's got the talent to make it pay off I think.

[Bulldogboy]

Not a fan of Arcia in the field. At least this year. Just make the routine play. He doesn't do it consistently enough this year.

[82brewcrew82]

Well, that was fun.

[Eye Black]

What a disastrous sequence from Arcia on that play. Ouch.

[yourout]

Defense has been less than Stellar for the last while

[brooks_quichenick]

What are you thinking there Orlando

[jjfanec]

As much as I like Moustakas, it's kind of hard to believe when you look up his career numbers and see he's only a .740 career OPS hitter. Less than Jonathan Schoop, for comparison.

 

Moose struggled early in his career. He is pretty much an .800 OPS guy or higher since 2015 with last year at .774 being his one year under .800.

[adambr2]

Arcia has just butchered this entire inning.

[82brewcrew82]

2nd and 3rd with nobody out and the Phillies manage to plate both runs. Interesting concept.