2021-04-10: Brewers (Houser) at Cardinals (Martinez) [Brewers win, 9-5 -- Hauser keeps Cards scoreless over 5 IP; Crew tallies 13 hits]

[Eye Black]

 

 

Adrian Houser: Batter (Cardinals) vs Pitching Stats

 

Carlos Martinez: Batter (Brewers) vs Pitching Stats

 

 

Statcast Game Preview for Cardinals-Brewers

 

Statcast Game Feed for Cardinals-Brewers

[Eye Black]

It appears rain is expected on and off in St. Louis for much of the day. A possible break around game time, but another wave expected in the late afternoon.

[BrewCrewBlueDevil]

Assuming Wong us still out, how about?

 

Cain CF

Yelich LF

Vogelbach 1B

Shaw 3B

Huira 2B (yeah, I know)

Narvaez C

JBJ RF

Urias SS

Pitcher

[pacopete4]

Oh good, Jace Peterson is back on this team and starting.

[Eye Black]

 

The Cardinals lineup is now listed in the original post. The good news for Houser is they don’t have many lefty bats.

[brewers888]

I think its time to start questioning how Stearns values position players because he sure seems to put little value on ability to hit. Its great that he values defense but how many glove first guys can you have in a lineup. This lineup is flat out embarrassing and not one that a supposed contender should be putting out there.

[brewers888]

I am no fan of Robertson but if he can't start over Peterson he shouldn't be on the roster.

[adambr2]

I literally did not even know Jace Peterson was on our roster. Gross.

[PeaveyFury]

I literally did not even know Jace Peterson was on our roster. Gross.

 

Called up today to replace Wong, I believe.

[Austin Tatious]

Brewers second baseman Kolten Wong was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain on Saturday. In a corresponding move, the team selected infielder/outfielder Jace Peterson from its alternate training site.

[Guest]

I am no fan of Robertson but if he can't start over Peterson he shouldn't be on the roster.

I feel like every time a player joins the Brewers from a callup they start the first game they can. I think it's CC's way of getting them into the action or whatever. I expected Peterson to start as soon as I heard he was with the team.

[Eye Black]

Just noticed the Brewers lineup graphic had both JBJ and Garcia listed as RF. That could be interesting.

 

Actually, Will Sammon of The Athletic just did a really good article on the history of lineup card exchanges, Baseball’s rich, colorful and (sometimes) profane history of the lineup card exchange

[Eye Black]

For his career Martinez has been much tougher on right handed hitters than left handed hitters....

 

Vs. RHH: .225 BA / .292 OBP / .322 SLG

 

Vs. LHH: .261 BA / .348 OBP / .403 SLG

 

He has pitched nearly 1,900 plate appearances against both sides.

[Guest]

I'm loving all the hits! Lets cash it in!

[Eye Black]

Brewers have 4 base hits all with well over 100-mph exit velocity in the 1st inning.

[trwi7]

105.4

107.2

105.6

102.2

 

Last 4 exit velocities against Martinez.

[Sir Illo]

BA just mentioned the same stat, Eye Black. Sometimes I’m convinced guys like BA and Coshun are following along in the IGT’s here

[trwi7]

I like how the Cardinals fans were cheering when they thought Peterson struck out. Hey, that's great but did you see the ball skip like 50 feet away? Even if he struck out he easily reaches 1st and a run scores.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Hitting it hard, having good ABs, just isn't translating to a runs yet.

[umphrey]

I have lowered my standards and I’m just happy they got some hits and scored 1 run

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Has anyone figured out the threshold for when Gameday says "sharply"? I'm guessing 100 mph...

[Guest]

Would've liked to see more than 1 run there but I can't really find anyone who had a bad at bat that inning. Not a single swing at a ball out of the zone that I saw.

[trwi7]

Has anyone figured out the threshold for when Gameday says "sharply"? I'm guessing 100 mph...

 

Statcast classifies hard hit as 95 mph, so it might be that.

[Harold Hutchison]

Is it jinxing things to note that Keston Hiura's got hits in two straight games?

[adambr2]

Man, good looking AB by Houser. Don't know why Martinez would have been upset about the pitch before that. Pretty clearly missed the outside corner.