2021-09-23: Cardinals (Wainwright) at Brewers (Houser) [Brewers lose, 8-5 -- Crew up 5-0 early on two Tyrone Taylor home runs; bullpen scuffles allowing 7 runs]

[PinaMadness]

Counsell has to pull Box from the seventh inning role. He's just not getting it done anymore.

[NYChez]

At least Williams and Hader will be well rested for the wildcard game.

[brewers888]

I know Box has had a good season but I've never trusted him.

[Jopal78]

Who cares? These games are virtually meaningless.

 

It’s be nice to be hot going into the post season but maybe this will convince Counsel to rest Boxberger and Cousins a bit in meaningless games so they stay fresh

[Nola Beery]

LOL great, I might have to log out of the forum for awhile if we lose. I don't really want to read to doomsday posts in every thread.

 

I have no more hysteria in the tank. I'll just be quietly depressed. Thanks, bull $#!+, I mean bull PEN.

[brewers888]

Who cares? These games are virtually meaningless.

 

It’s be nice to be hot going into the post season but maybe this will convince Counsel to rest Boxberger and Cousins a bit in meaningless games so they stay fresh

 

No these games are not meaningless.

[PinaMadness]

I'm going to be ill if we lose this game.

[adambr2]

Who cares? These games are virtually meaningless.

 

It’s be nice to be hot going into the post season but maybe this will convince Counsel to rest Boxberger and Cousins a bit in meaningless games so they stay fresh

 

They're going to get meaningful in a hurry if they don't actually win one here in the next few days.

[nate82]

That was a dumb pitch. Why would you throw a fastball? If you walk him you walk him and why was Boxberger throwing the ball over to first? He didn't need to keep the runner close if the runner steals 2B it doesn't really matter as the runner is more than likely going to score on anything hit to the OF anyways with 2-outs. Just dumb all around.

[Nola Beery]

Somehow, being tied feels like being 2 runs down.

[Jopal78]

… and that’s baseball against good teams: if you walk batters and make defensive errors, you usually don’t win.

[PinaMadness]

Who cares? These games are virtually meaningless.

 

It’s be nice to be hot going into the post season but maybe this will convince Counsel to rest Boxberger and Cousins a bit in meaningless games so they stay fresh

If this continues, they're going to turn into meaningful games.

[BruisedCrew]

If the Brewers didn’t have the division locked up this game would be upsetting me.

[wibadgers23]

Doesn’t help that the offense has failed miserably at adding on runs after the grand slam in the 1st.

[The stache]

Why did Counsell take out Houser? 1 ER through 6, and only 83 pitches thrown.

 

Why? /barf

[Eye Black]

I guess kudos to Mike Schildt who has somehow successfully made me dislike him as much as TLR.

[Nola Beery]

… and that’s baseball against good teams: if you walk batters and make defensive errors, you usually don’t win.

I think you may be on to something there.

[MrTPlush]

Maybe Yelich can give us one useful hit per million dollars...that would help greatly.

[titletownking]

Offense is just plain bad right now. Tyrone saved the day and the bullpen gave it away.

[NYChez]

Why did Counsell take out Houser? 1 ER through 6, and only 83 pitches thrown.

 

Why? /barf

And not use Hader, Williams, or Ashby.

[The stache]

If we lose this game, the games here on out are hardly meaningless. Perhaps somebody hasn't looked at our remaining schedule. After three against the Mets, we close the season with six games against the Cardinals, who we suddenly can't beat, and the Dodgers. All on the road.

 

I've seen this team blow it too many times to think "the division is locked up".

[danzig6767]

Counsell has to pull Box from the seventh inning role. He's just not getting it done anymore.

Counsell of prior years would have used Williams in that really high leverage spot instead of being a slave to slotting pitchers by select innings.

[Eye Black]

Really, really need someone beyond Tyrone Taylor to have a positive offensive moment today.

[Joseph Zarr]

The recent mini slides of Cousins and Boxberger has been met by an offensive slide by nearly every batter. Here's hoping they get this out of their systems before the Playoff push. This can happen in a season. Patience. Patience. Patience. This is the first bad stretch, or adversity-riddled, baseball we've seen since pre-Adames. Let's give them a chance to right their ship.

[adambr2]

If the Brewers didn’t have the division locked up this game would be upsetting me.

 

If we lose today, it really is not hard to come up with a scenario that the Cardinals enter the last series against us with control over their own destiny for the division.