Brewers (Peralta) vs Cardinals (Flaherty): 5/15/23, 6:45pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

This is a big series. The Cubs failed to do damage to the Cardinals last week, now it's the Brewers turn, hopefully the results are better. It's a fortunate pitching matchup for Milwaukee to open the series, as Flaherty has been really bad this season.

[Brewcrew82]

If we ever wanted to bury the Cardinals, this would be the chance…We’ll only have two more series against them the rest of the season. 

[treego14]

[igor67]

I've gotten to the point I look to see LHP or RHP before ERA to determine whether or not it's a good match-up for us.

[Outlander]

The Red Sox were pretty hot until they got swept by the Cardinals. Hopefully Freddy can stop the momentum the Cardinals are on.

[BruisedCrew]

The Cards have gained some traction in the last week, winning 6 of 7 while scoring lots of runs. They have to be looking at this series as a chance to show that reports of their demise were premature and greatly exaggerated. 

[Jake McKibbin]

Fun fact. Contreras starting at catcher again after the recent fiasco, and Jack flaherty was outspoken saying he didn't understand why the sequences were being called. Tough to catch someone throwing you under the bus like that, it seems Cardinal fandom also thinks flaherty is a whiney manchild with Contreras becoming more popular during the front offices mishaps

[82brewcrew82]

1 hour ago, BruisedCrew said:

The Cards have gained some traction in the last week, winning 6 of 7 while scoring lots of runs. They have to be looking at this series as a chance to show that reports of their demise were premature and greatly exaggerated. 

With where they were, and still are, they are probably looking at every series like that.

[BruisedCrew]

25 minutes ago, 82brewcrew82 said:

With where they were, and still are, they are probably looking at every series like that.

What’s different about this one is that the Brewers seem to be the consensus choice as the team to beat in the division. 

If they can sweep this series they will not only pull within a manageable 4.5 games of the Brewers after being 10 games out of first a little over a week ago,  but show that they don’t take a back seat to anyone in the division. 

[HarryDoyle]

Jesse Winker:

[HarryDoyle]

Two walks and you're going to call that a strike?

[stoutdude04]

Nice strike call to start the Contreras AB. 

[Brewcrew82]

Ughh. Had to take advantage of that.

[HarryDoyle]

What a wasted opportunity.

[HarryDoyle]

Two bad strike calls already. It's going to be another long night of bad umping.

[MoreTrife]

Paul Goldschmidt's running form makes me irrationally angry.

[MoreTrife]

Just now, MoreTrife said:

Paul Goldschmidt's running form makes me irrationally angry.

As do the Cardinals.

[markedman5]

Great……

[HarryDoyle]

Great. Bad Freddy shows up tonight. Makes that wasted opportunity in our half of the inning that much worse.

[Brewcrew82]

Of course. You have to be better than that Freddy. 

[markedman5]

Cards are back to hitting like the Cards……..

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, markedman5 said:

Cards are back to hitting like the Cards……..

Hopefully Jack Flaherty can continue to be Jack Flaherty. 

[BruisedCrew]

Same old Cardinals. 

[HarryDoyle]

Good thing our bullpen is rested.

[TURBO]

Getting reminded once again why I hate the freaking Cardinals.