Game Thread (8/31/2022): Pirates (Thompson) at Brewers (Peralta) - 1:10 PM CDT

[NBBrewFan]

4 minutes ago, bensheeps said:

Does Keston's single through Cruz count as a screw up?

It lead to an earned run so I don't think so.  The Pirates mistake was to send Yajure out for a second inning, but good to see the Brewers take advantage.

[bensheeps]

1 minute ago, NBBrewFan said:

It lead to an earned run so I don't think so.  The Pirates mistake was to send Yajure out for a second inning, but good to see the Brewers take advantage.

Good ... so I can still assume a screw up to come for the Pirates. ?

[yourout]

14 minutes ago, ReverendBrewmeister said:

Multiple runs without a home run. Very nice to see!

Is that allowed?

[HarryDoyle]

Three walks in a row so watch Adames go hacking.

[yourout]

17 minutes ago, NBBrewFan said:

I guess Hiura can hit balls in the upper third of the strike zone.  Another myth defeated by KestDaddy!

With the change in the Mechanics he has a chance to get to the top zone even with a bit of a high finish.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Scored four in the 7th, but felt like a bigger inning went missing. Time to see if Houser can pitch well with a decent lead. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

This is what a Brewers/Pirates game is *supposed* to look like.

Not nearly enough of these games this season. 

[BruisedCrew]

40 minutes ago, ReverendBrewmeister said:

Multiple runs without a home run. Very nice to see!

Multiple runs without hits even. 

[Sixtolezcano]

This is what I’ve been waiting to see all year.

[Brewcrew82]

Much has been made of Keston's inability to hit the high fastball, and for good reason. However, fwiw, both of his two hits were laced on high fastballs today, with the last one at 98 MPH. 

[Brewcrew82]

Adrian Houser is a good reliever...

[Brewcrew82]

Got the win. Needed the win. On to Arizona. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

So nice watching Hiura go with and lace a 2 strike pitch up in the zone to right field

[BruisedCrew]

Nice to close it out with no drama. 
 

A rare “easy” win: no save needed and no walk off. 
 

 

[Sixtolezcano]

7 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

This is what I’ve been waiting to see all year.

This should hold me for another week.

[Brewcrew82]

Very important to not have to use all of our high leverage relievers, too, during this string of consecutive games. 

[KeithStone53151]

Couldn't agree more on how huge that was for Houser to knock those 2 innings out with relative ease. It never got concerning, one double with a five run lead isn't concerning. The Diamondbacks are next and they've been scoring a lot of runs lately against contending teams. I wouldn't expect that to change against us, with that said they've also been allowing a lot of runs lately. I think we might be in for some higher scoring games and hopefully the bats are up to the task...

[willie key]

Was it an easy win today?    How about that

[Jim French Stepstool]

A lot of good stuff here that I concur with. One thing that I found interesting.......Taylor has been in pretty much a season-long conundrum of chasing, hardly drawing any walks, showing some pop but no improvement, maybe even some regression, in his plate discipline.

Mitchell arrives, does some impressive things, and today Taylor gets a start & walks twice. Maybe the two aren't connected, or maybe it's just a little window into what it takes sometimes to get a players' attention.

[Nola Beery]

43 minutes ago, willie key said:

Was it an easy win today?    How about that

Close enough!  heh.

I wish you could save 2 or 3  runs for a later game.

[Jim French Stepstool]

23 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

 

I wish you could save 2 or 3  runs for a later game.

That's one of my moms' favorites.

That, and "why can't they do that all the time?"

[yourout]

Negative Me......They left a ton of runners.

Positive Me......They had a ton of runners.

[yourout]

 

 

[Pugger]

7 hours ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

jeez Rowdy...

Rowdy shouldn't have played in this game.  I would have given him more time off, even as a DH.  

[AKCheesehead]

2 hours ago, yourout said:

Wow that is the best choreographed and rehearsed relief pitcher entrance I've ever seen.