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)

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Bases loaded for Contreras. Got the walks and a single in the 9th. Need the big hit.

[BarremlensTSSC]

Cubs are trying to lose this game in the 9th.  Brewers might be too polite to let them.

[adambr2]

So disappointing.

[kevinisaname]

Ugh, lined out again. Showed a little fight, at least, but you don't get moral victories. Hopefully, that means better things for tomorrow, though.

[Brewluver]

6 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Can we maybe focus on winning tomorrow? We have another game against the Cubs.

We have lost 3-in-a-row to these guys.

Why would you think they would win tomorrow?

Makes no sense ??

[HarveysWBs]

Well, that tracks

[BCF]

Oh look another line out for Contreras 

[adambr2]

Woke up 9 games up yesterday . Going to bed 6 games up today and lost the tiebreaker.

The division race isn’t over, folks.

[BarremlensTSSC]

Cubs played well for the most part, but they got seriously lucky with the Brewers BABIP..  All night long.  Ah well.

[Gump]

Man I hate the mf cubs

[OldSchoolSnapper]

That really hurts. Quality ABs and Contreras with a good lick. 

[Nola Beery]

This was as much pressure as an August game could have, and we wilted. Shame.

[BarremlensTSSC]

1 minute ago, Brewluver said:

We have lost 3-in-a-row to these guys.

Why would you think they would win tomorrow?

Makes no sense ??

Because that's frequently how baseball works.  The Cubs fans were asking themselves how they'd ever beat the Brewers like 48 hours ago.  This is how it works.

[BarremlensTSSC]

1 minute ago, Gump said:

Man I hate the mf cubs

Seconded.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Woke up 9 games up yesterday . Going to bed 6 games up today and lost the tiebreaker.

The division race isn’t over, folks.

It's not, but you wouldn't believe the Brewers would catch them, down 6 games at this point. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, Nola Beery said:

This was as much pressure as an August game could have, and we wilted. Shame.

That's pretty harsh. We lost the game, but I didn't see much wilting. 

[tmwiese55]

It ended up not mattering, but it was a split second from ending the game. The SB attempt on a 3-1 count when the pitcher is being very wild was kind of dumb and not worth the risk

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, Brewluver said:

We have lost 3-in-a-row to these guys.

Why would you think they would win tomorrow?

Makes no sense ??

Heck, no reason to focus on the Giants then. Might as well just fold up and get ready for next year if you think we can’t win one singular game against the Cubs with Priester pitching. 

Just ridiculous logic. The Dodgers have lost 6 in a row to us. I guess no reason for them to think they can even take a game from us in the playoffs.

[treego14]

Just now, Nola Beery said:

This was as much pressure as an August game could have, and we wilted. Shame.

I don't think we wilted with those at-bats in the 9th ... we just got another stinker game from an immature rookie named Miz!

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Couldn't get the big hit with RISP for a third straight game. Basically no BABIP luck at all either. 

That's three losses in four games to the Cubs. At least it wasn't in an NLDS. (Yes, not the same as the playoffs, given the games have all been in Chicago and the management of the game is not the same as in October. But that's how quickly a playoff series could crap out.)

[BCF]

1 minute ago, BarremlensTSSC said:

Because that's frequently how baseball works.  The Cubs fans were asking themselves how they'd ever beat the Brewers like 48 hours ago.  This is how it works.

Contreras is like 0-12 last 12 and 10 of the outs were 100 mph ev or over

[LouisEly]

12 minutes ago, kevinisaname said:

Man, that 4th run killed us.

I'd say more like the inning with 3 runs on one hit.

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

It's not, but you wouldn't believe the Brewers would catch them, down 6 games at this point. 

Probably not, but we did erase a 5.5 game September deficit against them in 2018. It’s far from insurmountable.

I understand it’s baseball, but we really had a chance this series to basically put this division to rest, and we couldn’t capitalize.

[treego14]

1 minute ago, BCF said:

Contreras is like 0-12 last 12 and 10 of the outs were 100 mph ev or over

Crazy!

[treego14]

Big game tomorrow!