Wild Card Round: game thread

[Brian]

2 hours ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Tigers will feel good if they win this wildcard series

So will the Cubs. 

[bm1090]

Give me the cubs. They have a worse team and are a better matchup. If they eliminate us, so be it. The risk is worth the reward of sweeping them and sending them home.

[Team Canada]

Interesting move by Counsell bringing in Palencia in the 5th, but I like it. If someone else comes in and gives up runs, you may not use him at all.

And back-to-back HRs validate that decision.

[Zad Fnark]

I hope the Padres/Cubs series goes for all three games and both teams burn out their pitching doing it.

[Brian]

1 hour ago, liveforoctober said:

I very much don't want Cubs fans in Milwaukee

I very much don't want Cubs fans in Milwaukee either.  I can't think of a FANBASE that I despise more. Good news is if Cubs don't hit HR's they don't score. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

1 minute ago, Zad Fnark said:

I hope the Padres/Cubs series goes for all three games and both teams burn out their pitching doing it.

This is the only thing I can root for watching these two teams play each other

[bm1090]

2 minutes ago, Brian said:

I very much don't want Cubs fans in Milwaukee either.  I can't think of a FANBASE that I despise more. Good news is if Cubs don't hit HR's they don't score. 

And Priester gets two starts against them. I know they played us tough in the regular season but we’re the better team.

[Frisbee Slider]

Good take on third pitch for PCA. 

[Brian]

If the Cubs don't hit home runs they don't score hardly at all. Remember that! 

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Schildt getting Craigtembered today. He’s got the superior pen but waits where Counsell pulls his starter at first sign of trouble. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

2 minutes ago, SoCal Brew Crew Fan said:

Schildt getting Craigtembered today. He’s got the superior pen but waits where Counsell pulls his starter at first sign of trouble. 

The question becomes whether or not CC has enough horses to keep the Pads off the board the last 6 outs...Pads had plenty of chances to put a crooked number up early against Boyd and came up empty.

[Fear The Chorizo]

Huge 2-1 called strike there on Tatis that was ball 3.

[SoCal Brew Crew Fan]

Totally agree. I think it’s the superior strategy but he’s got the inferior pen to pull it off. Schildt had the hand to play and didn’t. 

[Brewluver]

44 minutes ago, bm1090 said:

Give me the cubs. They have a worse team and are a better matchup. If they eliminate us, so be it. The risk is worth the reward of sweeping them and sending them home.

They beat us in the season series, why would ask for them ??

Also beat us 3 of 4 not long ago?

[markedman5]

I really don’t like these announcers on the Cubs Padres game……..

[markedman5]

6 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

They beat us in the season series, why would ask for them ??

Also beat us 3 of 4 not long ago?

Padres beat us in the season series too…….🤷‍♂️

[owbc]

The moral of the story so far is that one run isn't going to win you many games. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

We had the best record in baseball and set our franchise record for wins in the first season without Bob Uecker. We were always going to end up playing, and beating, the Cubs.

[bm1090]

11 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

They beat us in the season series, why would ask for them ??

Also beat us 3 of 4 not long ago?

The padres beat us in the season series too. Horton is out until game 5. The cubs pitching is significantly worse than the padres in a 5 game series. Their offense has scuffled. Other than the fact that it’s the Cubs, it feels like a no brainer.

[Brewluver]

3 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Padres beat us in the season series too…….🤷‍♂️

They don't bring 5k idiot fans to our ballpark dressed in blue.

[Fear The Chorizo]

8 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

They beat us in the season series, why would ask for them ??

Also beat us 3 of 4 not long ago?

Despite MLB's best record, I'd honestly consider the Brewers to be an underdog against just about any NL opponent in a best of 5 or 7 this postseason, the exception being the Reds.  I think I'd prefer the Padres simply because I think they're going to struggle to score runs consistently - whereas the Cubs can put up a few crooked number innings against starting pitching that isn't dominant.  

To me the Brewers' playoff rotation isn't as strong on paper as other teams (exception being the Cubs) without Woodruff, and wouldn't expect any of them to morph into Skubal - so I'd rather face a team that will struggle to score more than 3 runs a game against any pitching in a best of 5.

[willie key]

3 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

They don't bring 5k idiot fans to our ballpark dressed in blue.

They will have more than that.   

[bm1090]

13 minutes ago, Brewluver said:

They beat us in the season series, why would ask for them ??

Also beat us 3 of 4 not long ago?

Also they beat us 3 of 5 at Wrigley not 3 of 4.

[Brian]

The Brewers finished the season series with a 7-6 record against the Cubs 2025. 

[Brewluver]

3 minutes ago, willie key said:

They will have more than that.   

Ballgame !!!

We better start buying up all the tickets for the next series or we will be infiltrated !!