Brewers at Cardinals; Friday, September 19 @ 7:15 p.m.: Jacob Misiorowski (4.35 ERA, 3.53 FIP) vs. Sonny Gray (4.43 ERA, 3.40 FIP)

[Bulldogboy]

1 minute ago, willie key said:

Those are game changing at bats.     We are not going to let Ortiz hit in those situations anymore.    I’m sorry

We aren't?

[kevinisaname]

Shocking that Grant has had an under-3 ERA this whole season.

[willie key]

Anderson looks awesome when you are up 7-0 but if it’s a one run game he looks like me out there

[adambr2]

Anderson stating his strong case to not be on the playoff roster.

[Nola Beery]

Bye bye. We can still win this. But I've had a long day and am not willing to wager a couple of hours of blessed sleep on a miracle comeback. 

[willie key]

Just now, Bulldogboy said:

We aren't?

No.   I made the same decision for them.    Enough is enough 

[BruisedCrew]

I don’t think trying to re-create last Saturday’s comeback is a sound strategy.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, adambr2 said:

Anderson stating his strong case to not be on the playoff roster.

Beat me to it. We can send Miz home for all I care, but I am taking him over Anderson 10/10 times.

[willie key]

Just don’t Texas ranger this thing this weekend.    Win a game at least 

[adambr2]

Just now, OldSchoolSnapper said:

Beat me to it. We can send Miz home for all I care, but I am taking him over Anderson 10/10 times.

I would guess Miz makes it, but I don’t love it. Anderson is probably a bubble guy, but I think his only shot is if both Megill and Hall aren’t ready.

I’d rather see Gasser than Anderson despite the unknown.

[Brian]

[adambr2]

Anderson can eat the last 10 outs and then go back on IL for all I care at this point.

[jason21nl]

I go tuck my kid in for bed and come back to a blow out.  What the hell happened?

[Bulldogboy]

2 minutes ago, willie key said:

No.   I made the same decision for them.    Enough is enough 

The relative quality of the offense has masked to Murphy how much he's hurt us. They aren't going to see it this season. It's too late. There are people who still believe his defense outweighs the offense like Monasterio can't throw a ball to first base.

[HarryDoyle]

For all the hand wringing about Koenig, he's a helluva lot better pitcher than Anderson. 

[adambr2]

Why even bother to go get him? What’s the point?

[kevinisaname]

Well, at least the Cubs lost and Philly is losing 2-0. Not a pretty game. I think the leadoff guy was on every inning so far.

[wOOgiE22]

Payamps can now finish this game. No use blowing anyone else 

[kevinisaname]

Yeesh, it's only the sixth. It feels like it's so much later.

[edfunderburk]

What a waste of a game. I anticipated a loss tonight when I saw Misiorowski as the starter. He somehow only game up two runs, but he once again didn’t get many outs & that led to a beat down & an unnecessary loss to a mediocre team. That’s it for me. I will check the score later, but this one is decided. Gunsmoke time for me. 

[adambr2]

This isn’t really relevant to tonight, but did Contreras’ framing get much worse or something? Going solely on eye test, it seems really, really bad at times. 

[RobertCrawley]

Is it only the 6th inning?

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

What a waste of a game. I anticipated a loss tonight when I saw Misiorowski as the starter. He somehow only game up two runs, but he once again didn’t get many outs & that led to a beat down & an unnecessary loss to a mediocre team. That’s it for me. I will check the score later, but this one is decided. Gunsmoke time for me. 

I also kind of figured on a loss tonight. Coming off a really good homestand, feels like we don’t have much success against Gray, and don’t have much confidence in Miz on the road. 

[willie key]

1 minute ago, edfunderburk said:

What a waste of a game. I anticipated a loss tonight when I saw Misiorowski as the starter. He somehow only game up two runs, but he once again didn’t get many outs & that led to a beat down & an unnecessary loss to a mediocre team. That’s it for me. I will check the score later, but this one is decided. Gunsmoke time for me. 

Thank god for the miracle comeback last weekend or it would be three straight losses to cardinals

[adambr2]

Turang is striking out at a much higher historical rate than in the past. 

However, if that’s the trade off for the extra power he’s shown this year, I will take it.