Marlins (Perez) vs Brewers (Houser): 9/14/23, 1:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Brewers magic number for the division is down to 13. The Brewers can win the series against the fish or will walk away with a split. One outcome is better, both are fine at this point.

The Cubs are off today before heading to Arizona to face the Diamondbacks.

[Jake McKibbin]

Bring up the Shuckers offense? they've had some success earlier in the year, more than most MLB teams at least

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

After getting scorching hot a few weeks ago, the Cubs have definitely come back to earth and are scuffling a bit now. Still, the faster the Brewers can put them away, the better. Having a 4 game lead with 17 to play is a very solid position to be in, but they certainly aren't out of the woods quite yet. Just keep winning each series, and the numbers will take care of themselves in hopefully about a week to 10 days.

[Brock Beauchamp]

10 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

After getting scorching hot a few weeks ago, the Cubs have definitely come back to earth and are scuffling a bit now. Still, the faster the Brewers can put them away, the better. Having a 4 game lead with 17 to play is a very solid position to be in, but they certainly aren't out of the woods quite yet. Just keep winning each series, and the numbers will take care of themselves in hopefully about a week to 10 days.

Surprisingly, at least to me, is that the Cubs' recent struggles are due to the offense cooling off. I'm skeptical it will stay that way for long.

The Brewers just need to keep it at 4-5 games going into the final series of the year.

[treego14]

[stoutdude04]

1 hour ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Surprisingly, at least to me, is that the Cubs' recent struggles are due to the offense cooling off. I'm skeptical it will stay that way for long.

The Brewers just need to keep it at 4-5 games going into the final series of the year.

The frustrating part is that a few of the games they've lost recently really felt like ones they should have won.  The no hit game in New York, last nights game with the 15 gidp balls.  Either way, solid position, but I would prefer they lock it up before the Cubs come to town.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, stoutdude04 said:

The frustrating part is that a few of the games they've lost recently really felt like ones they should have won.  The no hit game in New York, last nights game with the 15 gidp balls.  Either way, solid position, but I would prefer they lock it up before the Cubs come to town.

In my eyes, that's the only goal of significance. Lock up the division before the Cubs series and then use those 4-5 days to rest players and line up your postseason rotation.

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

After getting scorching hot a few weeks ago, the Cubs have definitely come back to earth and are scuffling a bit now. Still, the faster the Brewers can put them away, the better. Having a 4 game lead with 17 to play is a very solid position to be in, but they certainly aren't out of the woods quite yet. Just keep winning each series, and the numbers will take care of themselves in hopefully about a week to 10 days.

As was covered in yesterday’s game thread, though a 4 game lead with 17 games left is a nice spot to be in, that lead can be more perilous because of the final 3 game series against the Cubs. From the Cubs’ perspective all they have to do is gain one game in the next two weeks and they will then control their own destiny in the final series.

Brewers fans who were around in 1982 know how stressful those final weekends can be when a 4 game lead with 5 games to play turns into a winner take all struggle on the last day. 

[Underachiever]

15 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

As was covered in yesterday’s game thread, though a 4 game lead with 17 games left is a nice spot to be in, that lead can be more perilous because of the final 3 game series against the Cubs. From the Cubs’ perspective all they have to do is gain one game in the next two weeks and they will then control their own destiny in the final series.

Brewers fans who were around in 1982 know how stressful those final weekends can be when a 4 game lead with 5 games to play turns into a winner take all struggle on the last day. 

I hated those Oriole teams so freaking much. That last day 10-2 win was glorious. The fact that it was against Jim Palmer, and Yount came up like an MVP with two homers and a triple, was so memorable.

[wildcat2237]

25 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

As was covered in yesterday’s game thread, though a 4 game lead with 17 games left is a nice spot to be in, that lead can be more perilous because of the final 3 game series against the Cubs. From the Cubs’ perspective all they have to do is gain one game in the next two weeks and they will then control their own destiny in the final series.

Brewers fans who were around in 1982 know how stressful those final weekends can be when a 4 game lead with 5 games to play turns into a winner take all struggle on the last day. 

I will be extremely pissed off if the Brewers have not wrapped up the division prior to that series. Lots of games versus the Nationals and Cardinals between now and then. 

[BruisedCrew]

21 minutes ago, Underachiever said:

I hated those Oriole teams so freaking much. That last day 10-2 win was glorious. The fact that it was against Jim Palmer, and Yount came up like an MVP with two homers and a triple, was so memorable.

While the end was glorious, it was one of the most stressful games ever watched. I don’t want to think about what would have happened if Ben Oglivie hasn’t come up with that sliding catch to protect the 5-2 lead in the last of the 8th. The 5 runs the Brewers added in the top of the ninth were truly glorious. 

[Brewcrew82]

Turang AND Wiemer in the lineup? Good god. Eury Perez is an elite young pitcher, too.

Hopefully, Yeli is back tomorrow otherwise they should’ve put him on the IL.

[BruisedCrew]

10 minutes ago, wildcat2237 said:

I will be extremely pissed off if the Brewers have not wrapped up the division prior to that series. Lots of games versus the Nationals and Cardinals between now and then. 

I’ll probably be accused of being a Cardinal lover or something else, but the Cardinals have been looking better recently, winning 7 of their last 10 including series wins over the Braves, Reds, and Orioles, all on the road. 
 

Can’t take anything for granted. 

[treego14]

[BruisedCrew]

50 minutes ago, stoutdude04 said:

The frustrating part is that a few of the games they've lost recently really felt like ones they should have won.  The no hit game in New York, last nights game with the 15 gidp balls.  Either way, solid position, but I would prefer they lock it up before the Cubs come to town.

When you look at the games the Brewers have lost since they left LA, they have been in all of them. They are 16-7 in that stretch and the scores of the games they’ve lost have been 1-0, 3-2, 4-2, 4-2, 5-4, 4-3, and 2-0. So, in those 7 games they have given up only 23 runs, but have scored only 13, an average of just under 2 a game. And the 3 runs in extra innings on Sunday with the free runner come with an asterisk, especially because they failed to score in two innings even with the runner in second to start. 
 

In the 16 wins they have scored 117 runs or 7.3 per game. Until Tuesday’s 3-1 game they had not scored fewer than 5 runs in any win. 
 

Because of this pattern, whenever I sit down to watch a Brewer game these days (as I will be at the stadium this afternoon) my first question is “will the Brewers score more than a run or two today”  It’s also why some Brewers fans get a little antsy when they show signs of a hitting slump like they have in their last 3 games against major league caliber SP. 

[wibadgers23]

14 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Turang AND Wiemer in the lineup? Good god. Eury Perez is an elite young pitcher, too.

Hopefully, Yeli is back tomorrow otherwise they should’ve put him on the IL.

Yeah Wiemer may very well go 0-4 with 4 strikeouts and do it in a very efficient manner.

[markedman5]

I thought this might be how they would do it…….with all the games yet to come and no days off I figured they wouldn’t want to be an arm short in the pen. 

 

[Brewcrew82]

3 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

When you look at the games the Brewers have lost since they left LA, they have been in all of them. They are 16-7 in that stretch and the scores of the games they’ve lost have been 1-0, 3-2, 4-2, 4-2, 5-4, 4-3, and 2-0. So, in those 7 games they have given up only 23 runs, but have scored only 13, an average of just under 2 a game. And the 3 runs in extra innings on Sunday with the free runner come with an asterisk, especially because they failed to score in two innings even with the runner in second to start. 
 

In the 16 wins they have scored 117 runs or 7.3 per game. Until Tuesday’s 3-1 game they had not scored fewer than 5 runs in any win. 
 

Because of this pattern, whenever I sit down to watch a Brewer game these days (as I will be at the stadium this afternoon) my first question is “will the Brewers score more than a run or two today”  It’s also why some Brewers fans get a little antsy when they show signs of a hitting slump like they have in their last 3 games against major league caliber SP. 

Jesus Luzardo is more than “major league caliber SP”. He’s the type of SP the Brewers will face in the postseason, and they lit him up like a Christmas tree the other night, so not quite sure what you’re talking about there.

[BruisedCrew]

4 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

I thought this might be how they would do it…….with all the games yet to come and no days off I figured they wouldn’t want to be an arm short in the pen. 

 

I wonder if they will just use 5 starters over the next 10 games before the off day or if they will still go with 6. 

If they go with 5 and then use the off day they would have some options of how to handle the last 6 games depending on how the standings look. 
 

 

[rluzinski]

17 minutes ago, treego14 said:

Wild to see 6 guys in the lineup with a BA below .225.  Don't usually see something like that, unless it is the first week of the season.

[markedman5]

 

[BruisedCrew]

4 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Jesus Luzardo is more than “major league caliber SP”. He’s the type of SP the Brewers will face in the postseason, and they lit him up like a Christmas tree the other night, so not quite sure what you’re talking about there.

OK, make it 3 out of 4 and one game where the SP started handing out walks like Trick or Treat candy.

[RobertCrawley]

1 hour ago, treego14 said:

Wiemer. 

[RobertCrawley]

1 hour ago, markedman5 said:

I thought this might be how they would do it…….with all the games yet to come and no days off I figured they wouldn’t want to be an arm short in the pen. 

 

It's a tough business. I appreciate what Rea did last night. He's been a significant part of the success of this season.

[Jim French Stepstool]

I'd feel better about Houser making his return if Wilson was available, which he obviously isn't. As long as he gets through 5 or so we should be fine.

I've seen comments in recent days about the walks drawn, and insinuations of luck being involved. Yeah, it's fortunate when the opposing pitcher can't command the way he'd like. But I've seen way too many instances over the years where there are walks to be had, and we don't extract them due to poor discipline & count recognition, lousy situational awareness etc. Bases on balls are often a large part of any rally. I applaud them for improvement in that area. It's too bad they weren't a little better at that on Sunday. As good as he was, Cole had 3 or 4 walks in him late in the count but we chased.

Let's string together some good ABs today. I hope the lineup doesn't suffer from a case of "give him one more day-itis"