Game Thread (8/05/2022): Reds (Dugger) at Brewers (Lauer) - 7:10 PM CDT

[yourout]

Plate ump has been as consistent as my golf swing.

[nate82]

Hopefully this is the new Yelich.  Power is down but I can live with a high average and OBP Yelich.

[wildcat83]

Long time since an ump has been this bad for one team… jeesh

[BruisedCrew]

Not enjoying the lack of add on runs tonight. 

[BruisedCrew]

No third straight loss for the Braves tonight. 

[nate82]

Just saying but going down a slide with a skirt with a camera around is never a good idea, just sayin.  

[Brewcrew82]

Lauer is about as good as it gets from a #4/5 starter...

[YelichPosse]

Lauer playing stopper. Just what we needed.

[nate82]

Hey a Brewers starting pitcher has made it past the 7th inning without a blowup what in the.......... Also if I said it would be Lauer doing this about a month ago I would have been laughed at.  

A nice start by Lauer tonight.

[willie key]

Come on Yankees 

 

cards don’t have a lot of tough games left

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, willie key said:

Come on Yankees 

 

cards don’t have a lot of tough games left

Cardinals will implode down the stretch one of these years. Maybe this will be it after their devil magic from last year. 

[Brewcrew82]

Pirates are definitely better than the Reds imo...There are some guys that really scare me on that team. Reds, not so much. 

[BruisedCrew]

De Jong rises from the ashes with a 2 out 2 run double to put the Cardinals ahead of the Yankees 4-3 in the last of the 8th. 

[Brewcrew82]

Ughh looks like the Cards are going to win. Paul freaking Dejong...

[BruisedCrew]

9 hours ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Pirates are definitely better than the Reds imo...There are some guys that really scare me on that team. Reds, not so much. 

The Reds unloaded some decent players at the deadline: Drury and Naquin are two that come right to mind. With Castillo gone and Greene on the IL anything less than a sweep in this series will be like losing ground. 
 

ETA: they also traded Pham, who had been their regular LF, and Stephenson, who had been one of their best hitters with an OPS of about .850. 
 

After their awful 3-22 start, the Reds have played at basically the same pace as the Brewers: 39-41 to the Brewers 40-40. But, now that they have traded off several of their best players they are pretty awful. The Brewers have to take advantage of their games against them because you can bet that the Cards and Phillies will be taking advantage of their games against the bottom feeders, and they both have more of them than the Brewers do. 
 

[Patrick425]

1 hour ago, nate82 said:

Maybe it is an Android thing but I didn't have to log into anything through my iPhone.  

Yes, probably because you have an iPhone. The point is when I entered my email to retrieve or reset my password it said there was no account associated with that email address.  However when I tried to set up a new account with the same address it informed me that there was already an account with that address.  

[edfunderburk]

I hate the Cardinals & I’m furious at the Brewers for playing lackluster baseball this week & losing a four game lead

Cards just took a 4-3 lead on NYY with two runs in the bottom of the 8th

I hope MLB does realignment ASAP & gets Milwaukee in another division 

So tired of mediocrity 

[BruisedCrew]

Cardinals and Phillies both win again. Brewers need to win to keep pace. 

[willie key]

This would not be good if the cards are tied or ahead of us by the end of the weekend.     
 

 

[edfunderburk]

Outside of the one strong week post All-Star game, Milwaukee has played below .500 baseball for nearly three months 

I have a sinking feeling that we are going to slowly fade out of contention & miss the playoffs 

We can’t even put away a depleted Reds team without burning our bullpen 

It would have been nice to win without using Williams or Rogers

Packers football can’t arrive soon enough for me 

 

[BruisedCrew]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

Outside of the one strong week post All-Star game, Milwaukee has played below .500 baseball for nearly three months 

I have a sinking feeling that we are going to slowly fade out of contention & miss the playoffs 

We can’t even put away a depleted Reds team without burning our bullpen 

it would have been nice to win without using Williams or Rogers

Packers season can’t arrive soon enough for me 

 

Even with the one good week they have been under .500 for the last 3 months. 
 

The offense shutting down after the second inning has kept this from being a laugher. 

[willie key]

2 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

Outside of the one strong week post All-Star game, Milwaukee has played below .500 baseball for nearly three months 

I have a sinking feeling that we are going to slowly fade out of contention & miss the playoffs 

We can’t even put away a depleted Reds team without burning our bullpen 

It would have been nice to win without using Williams or Rogers

Packers season can’t arrive soon enough for me 

 

If you are a sucker for failed expectations then the packers are right there for ya

[edfunderburk]

32 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Cardinals will implode down the stretch one of these years. Maybe this will be it after their devil magic from last year. 

Anyone paying attention would accept that it is likely Milwaukee that will implode down the stretch this year

We should have a 6 or 7 game lead but we’ve given away a ton of winnable games to date

Tonight’s game is indicative of how we struggle to put a bad team away

 

[edfunderburk]

3 minutes ago, willie key said:

If you are a sucker for failed expectations then the packers are right there for ya

At least their games are entertaining 

[nate82]

How did the home plate ump not see that as a swing?  You really needed to conference with Angel Hernandez on that one?