2021-08-03: Pirates (Kranick) at Brewers (Houser) [Brewers lose, 8-5 in 10 innings -- Houser doesn’t allow a hit over 6.1 IP and exits with 4-run lead; things quickly unravel in the 7th]

[adambr2]

Thanks Hardy. You suck.

[wOOgiE22]

You knew it was coming.

[yourout]

Bad loss. No Way around It.

[wibadgers23]

The bullpen is absolute garbage right now. Could be a long, frustrating weekend against a really good Giants team.

[PeaveyFury]

Well, at least we also used all of our available pitchers prior to the day game tomorrow.

[Bulldogboy]

We got two relief pitchers for Arcia and neither of them can be the 14 relief pitcher on a staff?? Come on man. Where the heck is our top prospect Ashby?? I get it rough time but this is sad to watch

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Not a lot of guessing on where that one was gonna be....Reynolds is a good hitter.

 

Freddy going tomorrow. Hopefully that gets them the series.

[willie key]

A position player has a better chance

 

At least they won’t walk 50 guys

[wOOgiE22]

Counsell is going to need to hope his starters can go deep the next couple of weeks or it could get ugly getting to the bullpen early.

[ecjimg]

Wow. You mean a closer can pitch 2 innings?? Who knew

[adambr2]

You can really never have enough bullpen depth especially in the COVID era. This was 100% a bullpen loss. When you are up 3-0 on the Pittsburgh Pirates at home you need to get that one in the win column.

[PeaveyFury]

Where the heck is our top prospect Ashby??

 

Didn't he give up like 7 runs in an inning? Would he be better?

[phnxcrew]

Gee whiz, you throw a terrible pitcher into a tie game and he gives up three so far… maybe throw Sanchez for another inning or two? Just dumb

[gebc1997]

This is a COVID loss for sure, No COVID , the Brewers likely shut the pirates out tonight

[adambr2]

Wow. You mean a closer can pitch 2 innings?? Who knew

 

Given their options and the fact that they didn't need to hit for him, I thought it was a bit puzzling not to send Devin back out for the 10th.

[Jopal78]

Start the Brandon Kintzler watch; just released by the Phillies.

[Bulldogboy]

Where the heck is our top prospect Ashby??

 

Didn't he give up like 7 runs in an inning? Would he be better?

If he's not better than Blaine Hardy then he's not our top prospect. Dfa him.

[Eye Black]

You can really never have enough bullpen depth especially in the COVID era. This was 100% a bullpen loss. When you are up 3-0 on the Pittsburgh Pirates at home you need to get that one in the win column.

Up 4-0, actually. Bad loss indeed.

[wOOgiE22]

Wow. You mean a closer can pitch 2 innings?? Who knew

 

Given their options and the fact that they didn't need to hit for him, I thought it was a bit puzzling not to send Devin back out for the 10th.

 

So it may not just be a Hader can’t pitch 2 innings thing. If you’re labeled a closer, you can only pitch the 9th.

[PeaveyFury]

Where the heck is our top prospect Ashby??

 

Didn't he give up like 7 runs in an inning? Would he be better?

If he's not better than Blaine Hardy then he's not our top prospect. Dfa him.

 

Well, they each pitched one inning in the bigs, and Hardy actually performed better.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Choking up tonight’s game late would be a bad loss.

 

Get the joy of facing a lefty starter (Brault) tomorrow in a day game. Even if he’s coming back from injury for a first start, that’s got the vibes of lousy results and a chance to lose the series to Pittsburgh.

 

Find a way to pull out the win.

[yourout]

I would love Reynolds to head for the Yankees when his contracts up so the Brewers don't have to deal with them for the next decade

[yourout]

Start the Brandon Kintzler watch; just released by the Phillies.

Honestly I'd even take Jacob Barnes right now over some of these guys.

And he was pretty awful.

[Eye Black]

On a little brighter note, here is a monster home run by Garrett Mitchell in Biloxi tonight… LINK

 

It apparently hit off of one of the “MGM PARK” letters above the scoreboard.

[Bulldogboy]

I just want someone to pin down Counsell on why his relief pitchers can't pitch two innings. Box pitched two thirds now he is unavailable? Rough