Game Thread (7/23/2022): Rockies (Ureña) at Brewers (Woodruff) - 6:10 PM CDT

[BruisedCrew]

If a team want to save wear on their starters against the Brewers maybe they should just intentionally walk the leadoff hitter and count on getting the DP from the next one. 

[willie key]

3 minutes ago, yourout said:

While signing JBJ was in the top 5 worst moves of Stearns tenure getting Renfroe for him and getting rid of that contact was in his to 5 best moves.

This cannot be stated enough

[BruisedCrew]

Renfroe's HR came just as I was moving to the basement TV to watch during the severe storm warning. 
 

Now need a shutdown inning and some add on runs.

[jason21nl]

I love it when catchers get jacked when they get a big strikeout 

[BruisedCrew]

BTW, with Peterson on the IL I have  to think Hiura will be back soon. 
Maybe they held off a day because of the heavy use of the bullpen yesterday. 

[LouisEly]

Including the DL, the A's have eight position players on their major league roster who have an OPS below .600 this season.

[BruisedCrew]

Yelich has had a rough night. 

[Baldkin]

9 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

I love it when catchers get jacked when they get a big strikeout 

The 4th of July was my favorite this year.

https://www.mlb.com/video/ian-happ-called-out-on-strikes-huksb3

[brewers888]

I hope Urias is better at second than he is at third.

[Brewcrew82]

Ace #2....

[Pugger]

11 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

Yelich has had a rough night. 

Other than getting walks and a double once in a blue moon Yelich hasn't done much all season.  ?

[BruisedCrew]

There’s a big break. A tailor made DP ball and they don’t get an out. Have to take advantage. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Rowdy is not a fast man. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

C’mon, tack on a couple so I can turn off tbe television and go read my new book. 

[Nola Beery]

3 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

If an easy win is one that doesn't involve going to any of the top relievers to finish out the game to earn a save, or to preserve ties, those are very rare for the Brewers.

I made the point in a game thread last week that the Brewers have fewer wins (by a significant amount) that didn't require a save than any of the other NL playoff contenders. The main reason for this is that the Brewers offense doesn't produce enough runs often enough to allow games to be finished out without a save.

The Brewers model of hoping to squeeze out enough runs in the first 6 innings to create a small lead and then counting on the bullpen to hold that lead cannot be sustained for a whole season. To win 90-95 games a team has to win some games by building up a 4 or 5 run lead (or larger) and taking that lead to the end of the game without going to the back end of the bullpen. The Brewers have not been able to do that often enough.

Just look at the scores after 6 innings in the 15 games the Brewers have played since the 19 run outburst in Pittsburgh (their most recent easy win):

2-7,  2-0, 0-1, 2-8, 1-0, 3-2, 3-0, 4-5, 6-2, 1-1, 2-2, 5-2, 0-1, 1-9, 3-3 

In those 15 games, the Brewers have scored just 55 runs (3.67 per game) while going 6-9 against teams and pitchers that generally aren't the best in the league. But only 35 of those runs have come in the first 6 innings of games, and only once have they had a lead of over 3 runs going into the final innings. A lot of the runs coming after the 6th inning have come in extra innings (with the aid of a free runner) or as consolation runs in the games in which they were way behind.

That kind of offense forces the starters to be near perfect to keep the team in the game and a near perfect effort from the bullpen to pull out wins.

 

 

 

 

If you seek to confirm my instincts with data and reason, you have succeeded.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Nice, now do that again. 

[Brewcrew82]

Add-on runs. A foreign concept to me. 

[Nola Beery]

4 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Add-on runs. A foreign concept to me. 

And with 2-out RBIs!  [EDIT: I'm looking at ESPN's Gamecast; something's weird.]

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Add-on runs. A foreign concept to me. 

The Brewers are in danger of creating a non-save situation. We’re entering unknown territory. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Hunter showing some wheels there. 

[willie key]

Can we put this away here now

[Brock Beauchamp]

There we go. 

[BruisedCrew]

Just what the doctor ordered. 

[NBBrewFan]

Goodnight Irene!

[willie key]

There we go