Brewers at Rangers; Wednesday, September 10 @ 1:35 p.m.: Freddy Peralta (2.50 ERA, 3.56 FIP) vs. Merrill Kelly (3.16 ERA, 3.77 FIP)

[HarryDoyle]

Not the time to be playing your worst ball since May.

[Team Canada]

Ugh. I prefer a more vegan diet with less Burger.

[yfinn6]

Jesus Freddy 

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Going to need the offense to show up in a bigger way now to win this one. 

[tomoohka]

I mean I knew this was coming at some point -- we couldn't stay white-hot for months on end -- but it sure is depressing. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

Rangers on some kind of heater right now. 

Been a disappointing series all around. We probably deserved to win one (maybe we still will), but nothing much to do but keep plugging away and try to hit the reset button.

[Fear The Chorizo]

back to back HR to open the game, nothing since....get the dang bats going!

[Sixtolezcano]

Unfortunately it appears to be a sweep.

[tmwiese55]

We just swept a team last weekend. that was 3 days go, sky isn't falling. 

[Sixtolezcano]

It also appears that Murphy is dead set to wear out our pitching staff before the playoffs begin.

[Sixtolezcano]

Just now, tmwiese55 said:

We just swept a team last weekend. that was 3 days go, sky isn't falling. 

No one said it was.

[HarryDoyle]

9 minutes ago, tmwiese55 said:

We just swept a team last weekend. that was 3 days go, sky isn't falling. 

Unfortunately, we won't be playing teams like the Pirates in October.

[HarryDoyle]

NOW they pinch hit for Ortiz.

[Team Canada]

10 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

It also appears that Murphy is dead set to wear out our pitching staff before the playoffs begin.

What does that mean?

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Rhys swinging 3-0 to drive in a run while pinch-hitting for Ortiz. Guess you can let the veteran swing there.

[Bulldogboy]

1 minute ago, HarryDoyle said:

NOW they pinch hit for Ortiz.

Exactly 💯 

[duewizard]

Old friend Hoby Milner coming in. Im glad he bounced back from a rough 2024. Hope he sucks today though!

[adambr2]

2 minutes ago, duewizard said:

Old friend Hoby Milner coming in. Im glad he bounced back from a rough 2024. Hope he sucks today though!

He did not. At least not in his first AB. Crap. 

[Sixtolezcano]

15 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

What does that mean?

Having Peralta throw 113 pitches.

[Nola Beery]

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Having Peralta throw 113 pitches.

If he were taken out, Murphy would likely be accused of abusing the bullpen.

[Underachiever]

56 minutes ago, ReverendBrewmeister said:

Probably showed that with the first Texas batter in the 4th after not getting a hit with the bases loaded. Just wish it wasn't Ortiz so frequently at bat when needing a hit to score runs.

That's kind of a design flaw when you have guys in front of Ortiz who scratch singles and take walks, instead of slugging at a reasonable rate. Station to station means bases loaded 28 times for Ortiz. Maddening.

[adambr2]

2 hours ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Yelich has scalded the ball since he came back. Law of averages would seem to indicate that the bad luck will turn around.

I think you jinxed him because his 3 ABs since this post have been shockingly bad.

[Nola Beery]

I wish these guys would forget about the division lead and start playing (and managing) like wins are necessary, not a luxury.  

[Underachiever]

Was in a bad mood, so after the Brewers took a 2-0 lead, I went for a long walk and listened online. Now I'm in a worse mood.

I don't listen to the radio often, but golly, these unlucky Brewers are doing nothing but scorching line drives and getting nothing while Texas has hit a series of bloops that have found grass. They called Burger's second homer a wall-scraper. Any ball that leaves the bat at 112 has the pedigree of a home run, guys. He actually said that Kelly was lucky to get out with only three runs because he gave up ten hits. He also didn't walk 2 and balk a run home like Freddy. Is that lucky?

Ugh. 

[adambr2]

If there’s still a chance to have this game, need to take advantage of the leadoff single and get a couple runs home this inning.