2021-05-05: Brewers (Peralta) at Phillies (Anderson) [Brewers lose, 5-4 -- For the 3rd straight night a Crew comeback falls one run short]

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Three groundballs, amd the one hit hardest is a DP.

 

Shaping up to be another frustrating one. Need that big hit.

[phnxcrew]

On the bright side, Rasmussen is starting to look more the dominant reliever he’s advertised as. That could be huge if we get him going with one more righty for the 5th/6th/7th.

[NYChez]

Brewers are out baserunnering the Phillies 37-23 in this series.

[Eye Black]

Garcia’s pretty fast, I thought he had a triple after that ball got by the right fielder.

[Eye Black]

After grounding into double plays the past two innings just needed a ground ball this time to get Garcia to 3B. Instead McKinney strikes out. [sigh]

 

EDIT: And then of course the wild pitch would’ve scored Garcia if he’d been moved over to third by either McKinney or Reyes.

 

I really hope the Brewers find a way to pull this off. I don’t think I can handle a third straight night with a comeback falling one run short.

[MrTPlush]

Hard to expect much when the three hitters after a lead off double are:

 

McKinney

Reyes

Maile

 

Sorry, but that’s pretty sad.

[Eye Black]

Now with four hits, Avisail Garcia has half the Brewers hits this evening.

[JET15]

Taylor needs to play more. I know everyone here has read that 10,000 times, but maybe CC will log in some time and read it for the first time

 

Yea, he should start vs all lefties and whenever someone needs a day off should go to him. And he should be doing all he can to learn 1B. McKinney has come back to reality, let's see how long Taylor can go before he does too.

 

If folks haven't noticed though Garcia has been perfectly fine of late, even good. Yet again an example of not freaking out over a short bad stint.

 

I noticed Garcia had a 134 wRC+ for the last 7 before this game. Imagine that will shoot up more. He's making up for lost time

[Eye Black]

Brewers are out baserunnering the Phillies 37-23 in this series.

So after that last inning I assume it’s now 39-23 in favor of the Brewers? I think that is what has made this series so frustrating. They’ve had golden opportunities to win every single game so far despite getting down big early in each contest.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Quick review of box scores shows the Brewers are 7-for-31 in RISP situations through nearly three games (.226). Phillies are 5-for-11 (.455). One of the stats of the series.

[Jopal78]

Hard to expect much when the three hitters after a lead off double are:

 

McKinney

Reyes

Maile

 

Sorry, but that’s pretty sad.

 

Yeah, it’s probably just a matter of time before Logan Forsyth is up. Reyes doesn’t offer anything with the bat.

 

Funny how McKinney was red hit and now is ice cold

[82brewcrew82]

After grounding into double plays the past two innings just needed a ground ball this time to get Garcia to 3B. Instead McKinney strikes out. [sigh]

 

EDIT: And then of course the wild pitch would’ve scored Garcia if he’d been moved over to third by either McKinney or Reyes.

 

I really hope the Brewers find a way to pull this off. I don’t think I can handle a third straight night with a comeback falling one run short.

Probably close to what Dodger fans where saying last week

[82brewcrew82]

Hard to expect much when the three hitters after a lead off double are:

 

McKinney

Reyes

Maile

 

Sorry, but that’s pretty sad.

 

Yeah, it’s probably just a matter of time before Logan Forsyth is up. Reyes doesn’t offer anything with the bat.

 

Funny how McKinney was red hit and now is ice cold

Over-exposure.

[Eye Black]

I like Urias getting a chance to do something against a LHP.

[Baldkin]

I for one welcome our Robot Umpire Overlords.

[adambr2]

When is somebody going to do something about MLB umpires and how bad they are at their job?

[MrTPlush]

So many 0-1 calls blown against us tonight.

[Eye Black]

I for one welcome our Robot Umpire Overlords.

I just hope it’s more competently executed than replay has been.

[adambr2]

That blown 0-1 call changes the entire AB. Now not only can Urias not afford to take a pitch, he has to chase anything close but off the plate (pitch 3, pitch 6) because he doesn't know what else might be called.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

The one argument against robo umps that makes sense is the strike that clips the bottom of the zone while getting caught at the ankles.

 

I will get used to that versus the ridiculous variance and inconsistency of human strike zones. You'd be going from a 93-94% zone to a 98-99 one. Hard to see the problem.

[Eye Black]

Rock is wrong, Shaw is 0-2 with two strikeouts against Alvarado coming into tonight.

 

EDIT: Make that three strikeouts now.

[MrTPlush]

MLB needs to get rid of the unions protecting umpires....then maybe figure out why the average umpire age has to be 95. I don’t want robot umps...but lord, have some accountability and improvement.

[adambr2]

My God this team is a tease.

 

Shut down the Phillies for 8 innings, put guys on base all game, and still find a way to lose. This series has absolutely sucked.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Team was due for regression. Salvage game tomorrow and reset.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

It’s the mirror image of the Dodgers series. Need an explosion of offense and a blowout win in Game 4. (Would also make being in the stadium nicer tomorrow!)