Brewers at Cubs; Wednesday, August 20 @ 7:05 p.m.: Jacob Misiorowski (3.89 ERA, 3.29 FIP) vs. Colin Rea (3.99 ERA, 4.61 FIP)

[Brian]

Owen Caissie moved up the ranks at a pretty good clip.

Minor league stats: 

https://www.milb.com/player/owen-caissie-683357 

 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

3 hours ago, Vgmastr said:

That would give the Cubs the tiebreaker, so it would essentially be losing two games in the standings.

We covered this in the game thread yesterday, y'all. The tiebreaker is worth half a game.

(mostly blue)

[Zad Fnark]

I was getting massively tired watching all the games over the last 2 days.

Hope the Crew is alright...

[dlk9s]

Sounds like there might be a bit of a stomach bug in the clubhouse. I heard Ortiz wasn't feeling well yesterday and Woo was not 100%.

[thebruce44]

Are they staying in Chicago and getting poisoned by the hotel staff or commuting down each day from home in MKE? (not blue text)

[Playing Catch]

It would be just like this team to have a 2-game losing streak that only lasts 1 day.

[Samurai Bucky]

2 hours ago, liveforoctober said:

Yeah Caissie kind of had a coming out moment yesterday for them against us. "I'll be seeing you" if you will. He looks to be a player. I know Miz already faced them once ... but it being a relatively pivotal game, for him to puff his chest out and kind of stake claim to the division himself would be symbolic in a few ways. I'm hoping for it.

Maybe he should pull this out of his pocket:

[HarveysWBs]

34 minutes ago, dlk9s said:

Sounds like there might be a bit of a stomach bug in the clubhouse. I heard Ortiz wasn't feeling well yesterday and Woo was not 100%.

 

[treego14]

19 minutes ago, thebruce44 said:

Are they staying in Chicago and getting poisoned by the hotel staff or commuting down each day from home in MKE? (not blue text)

Craig Counsell is a chicken-weasel!

He did it!

[treego14]

21 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

 

Don’t shake Counsell’s hand at home plate before the game, Murph!

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, dlk9s said:

Sounds like there might be a bit of a stomach bug in the clubhouse. I heard Ortiz wasn't feeling well yesterday and Woo was not 100%.

I know the bats have been under the weather the last 5 games. 

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Some roster moves before the game:

 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

17 minutes ago, ReverendBrewmeister said:

Some roster moves before the game:

 

Thought we might see an extra arm up in case innings need soaking. To ias will be back.

[Joseph Zarr]

Let's just hope the only reason we'd need to use Cargo is when up double digits by the 7th inning. He has not looked right since coming back off the IL in Nashville. He's had blow up innings in nearly every Start. Classic cases of not finding the zone in a random inning. Seeing 3 or more runs cross. Leaving by the 5th having given up 5. Way too many base runners in nearly every outing. His velo has also been a tick down.

Other than that, he's been great. 😅

[LaprilOne]

9 hours ago, dlk9s said:

If they lose one more in the series, I'm done with this team.

Is this serious, or an ironic joke?

[Jim French Stepstool]

1 hour ago, Joseph Zarr said:

Let's just hope the only reason we'd need to use Cargo is when up double digits by the 7th inning. He has not looked right since coming back off the IL in Nashville. He's had blow up innings in nearly every Start. Classic cases of not finding the zone in a random inning. Seeing 3 or more runs cross. Leaving by the 5th having given up 5. Way too many base runners in nearly every outing. His velo has also been a tick down.

Other than that, he's been great. 😅

Yep. Too bad there isn't another 2-3 inning guy available to pitch. Gasser just threw. If not for the 40-man roster thingie I wouldn't mind seeing Yeager.

@Joseph Zarr, how has Yoho looked to you since going back down?

[yfinn6]

17 minutes ago, LaprilOne said:

Is this serious, or an ironic joke?

Obvious joke 

[Jake McKibbin]

9 hours ago, Jake McKibbin said:

Honestly I'm kind of enjoying the nerves for the next two games, good preparation for the playoffs (given however this finishes out, the Brewers should have October baseball)

So with that in mind, and given I live in Northern Ireland, I'm contemplating staying up and watching the game at 1 AM

 

What d you guys think? Worth it?

Hearts for yes, thumbs down for a "yeah, nah"

@Brock BeauchampIf you let me use polls in future, I 100% will not abuse that power 👀

Update: it's a balmy 12:50 here in Bangor, NI and we are Ready. To. Rock. Let's go boys!

[treego14]

4 minutes ago, Jake McKibbin said:

Update: it's a balmy 12:50 here in Bangor, NI and we are Ready. To. Rock. Let's go boys!

Craic should be 90!

[Jake McKibbin]

5 minutes ago, treego14 said:

Craic should be 90!

This guy knows the score

[Brian]

Experiment, read this then say it out loud.  "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong for the Cubs tonight."

[kevinisaname]

Rea just ripped through the lineup. Nine pitches. Collins looks like he's still working back a bit from the layoff. Hopefully the bats can get it going and Miz can control the zone tonight.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Well, that's a quiet Top 1 for the Brewers. Rea getting two Ks and a groundout on 10 pitches.

[82brewcrew82]

Offense carrying over from last night and the fist missed strike

[Brian]

That was a strike but think Contreras has to catch it.