Brewers (Sproat) vs Tigers (Skubal): 4/23/26, 12:10pm

[Sixtolezcano]

1 hour ago, BarremlensTSSC said:

The Brewers aren't imploding.  They're 6-4 in their last 10 games and .500 over their last 20.  2 games over .500 after playing the whole season thus far without Priester, Chourio and Vaughn isn't terrible, particularly when you lose Yelich in the process.  You can lose a division in the first 6 weeks but you can't lose a division at any point of a season by going 13-11 over 24 games.  Things aren't great but they're far from terrible and they haven't started playing in the division yet.

You mean the division with the best overall record.

[BruisedCrew]

BTW, I did not see the game live, but saw the summaries and watched a condensed version.

I have no problem with Contreras swinging at that 3-0 pitch. You have your best right handed hitter at the plate with an opportunity to drive in a run and open up a big inning. As someone else said the next pitch might not have been as good to hit.

If he had swung at a bad pitch, it would’ve upset me, but if he had driven it like he did in his previous at bat, everyone would have thought that it was brilliant.

[Jim French Stepstool]

I missed much of the game, but one thing this dispels is the "Woe is me, Skubal & Skenes back-to-back" nonsense. The matchup today, if the baseball gods offer you a one run lead in the 8th you take it every time. And in many other matchups too for that matter. What you need to lean on right now, the run prevention, failed late.

I guess you could say the randomness of baseball that sometimes rears its' head did so today. A 3 run rally fueled by hits from Rengifo, Matos, Perkins, Ortiz, & Hamilton, otherwise known to some as "The DFA Quintet". Then a chance to add on short-circuited by arguably your best hitter so far this season.

[yourout]

Bummer on the blown save.

Wonder how many we have at this time compared to last season.

[adambr2]

1 hour ago, BruisedCrew said:

BTW, I did not see the game live, but saw the summaries and watched a condensed version.

I have no problem with Contreras swinging at that 3-0 pitch. You have your best right handed hitter at the plate with an opportunity to drive in a run and open up a big inning. As someone else said the next pitch might not have been as good to hit.

If he had swung at a bad pitch, it would’ve upset me, but if he had driven it like he did in his previous at bat, everyone would have thought that it was brilliant.

The cardinal sin of that play was less the swing and the fact that they didn’t have Turang on the run from 1st. If you’re assuming that you’re going to get a hittable pitch and green lighting Contreras, there is almost no downside to sending the runner, especially with another runner on 3rd. 

Had they done so a run would have scored and they would have still had a runner in scoring position with two outs.