Rockies at Brewers; Sunday, June 29 @ 1:10 p.m.: Chad Patrick (3.72 ERA, 3.55 FIP) vs. Germán Márquez (5.79 ERA, 4.09 FIP)

[Gump]

Always feels good losing to the worst damn team in the league 😎

[kevinisaname]

The homestand was going so well, too. Now it looks bad.

[trwi7]

10.5% of the Rockies wins this year have been against us.

[yfinn6]

Contreras' AB in the 10th was the killer. The whole game the offense was putrid but the game was right there and you flail and get yourself out with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs. He just needs to be better. 

The hanging breaking ball to Arcia certainly didn't help. Not sure why Megill was even fooling around there. Too bad he can't take the L. 

[Brewer77]

It’s too bad Hoskins is allergic to being a good defender. Everything went downhill starting with the missed pick

[Bulldogboy]

Haase always done something positive when he plays. I just don't understand why he can't play more. That ab by Contreras was ridiculous 

[BruisedCrew]

A dreadful loss. 

A succession of weak ABs in the 9th, 10th, and 11th when a hit could have won it or kept it alive. 

 

[Brian]

18 minutes ago, Gump said:

Always feels good losing to the worst damn team in the league 😎

We lost to the White Sox also 8-0 on May 1st. 

[brewmann04]

Contreas has Ben disappointed in his at bats just terrible 

[HarryDoyle]

37 minutes ago, kevinisaname said:

The homestand was going so well, too. Now it looks bad.

4-2 is not a bad homestand. Even the worst teams win games once in a while, and against teams better than us.

[wibadgers23]

49 minutes ago, Brewer77 said:

It’s too bad Hoskins is allergic to being a good defender. Everything went downhill starting with the missed pick

Yeah can we upgrade 1B? I’m getting sick of his piss poor defense and wildly inconsistent offense.

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, HarryDoyle said:

4-2 is not a bad homestand. Even the worst teams win games once in a while, and against teams better than us.

What makes this especially maddening is how the Brewers let the game get away and choked at the plate in the final innings. 
 

You can’t assume or even expect that the team will sweep a series against the worst teams in MLB. But the Brewers have now played five series against the worst teams (Rockies, White Sox, and  Pirates) and haven’t swept any.

Three times the Brewers have won the first two games in a series against these bottom feeders, but have failed to bring the bats to the final game  

A record of 10-6 against these teams isn’t horrible, but it will likely be worse than what the top playoff contenders will do. 

[edfunderburk]

2 hours ago, kevinisaname said:

Rhys should have made that play.

Would have loved to have Bauers in late for defense with a 2-0 lead

[edfunderburk]

18 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

What makes this especially maddening is how the Brewers let the game get away and choked at the plate in the final innings.

Agreed … I don’t easily flush a loss like this one … add to Arizona meltdown for “most disappointing” & unnecessary losses of the season. A few of those can be the difference in division winner & wild card OR no playoffs. Maddening is the correct word. I’m trying to avoid being grumpy. 

[treego14]

The finish was a bummer stunner.

[Bulldogboy]

Contreras called back to back curves to Arcia. His game calling has been questionable for a while along with not hitting. 

[wiguy94]

13 minutes ago, Bulldogboy said:

Contreras called back to back curves to Arcia. His game calling has been questionable for a while along with not hitting. 

Arcia sucks against breaking balls. Nothing wrong with the pitch call. Megill hung one. 

[Bulldogboy]

2 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

Arcia sucks against breaking balls. Nothing wrong with the pitch call. Megill hung one. 

Arcia sucks period. No need to show him two curves b2b. Not when you throw 101 mph. Show a guy the same pitch twice in a row odds go up it gets hit. 

[Jimbo]

16 hours ago, Bulldogboy said:

Worst loss of the year

I'd say April 12 against Arizona was worst.  But this was bad as well.  Be fortunate only two of these at the mid-point of the season.

[LouisEly]

15 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

A record of 10-6 against these teams isn’t horrible, but it will likely be worse than what the top playoff contenders will do. 

The Mets just got swept by the Pirates and lost the three games by a combined score of 30-4.

Baseball.

[BruisedCrew]

5 hours ago, LouisEly said:

The Mets just got swept by the Pirates and lost the three games by a combined score of 30-4.

Baseball.

Yes. The Mets are in the middle of a slide in which they have lost 13 of 16 and surrendered a 5.5 game division lead to the Phillies, who haven't exactly been tearing things up themselves. I'm sure their fans are very laid back about it.

While the Mets did get swept by the Pirates and are now 2-4 against them for the season, they are also 8-1 against the Rockies and White Sox. 

The real sticking point for me is the historically bad Rockies, who will have a home and home series against every NL team, and 4 series against the 4 playoff contenders in the NL West. Games against the Rockies should be seen as a golden opportunity to stack up wins. The Brewers did not take maximum advantage of that opportunity the way most of the other contenders have and therefore dropped a couple of games in the standings that might have to be made up somewhere else.

The record of the 10 NL playoff contenders against the Rockies so far is a combined 43-7. The Dodgers, Cubs, Phillies, Mets, and Reds are a combined 25-0, and the Cardinals haven't faced them yet.