Game Thread: Brewers (Gasser) @ Pirates (Skenes)

[Opening Day]

Early start, guess everyone is still sleeping, or watching the draft.

[RWeeksFan23]

will albert puj... sorry, i mean valdez, ever be retired?

[adambr2]

Great first impression, Shewmake. 

[titletownking]

Crawling into the all star break yet again, a Brewers tradition like no other. 

[adambr2]

Just a pathetic series. No juice at all. 

[adambr2]

Gasser sucks. 

[titletownking]

Terrible start for Gasser to compound that with losing 4 of 5 going into the break, in theory this is the perfect time to have a break. Team is not playing anywhere near it’s best ball.

[biedergb]

3 minutes ago, titletownking said:

Crawling into the all star break yet again, a Brewers tradition like no other. 

Is it me or do they seem to have a losing stretch heading into ASG. And their record against the Pirates is particularly poor. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

A great first half for this team, then a bad series to cap off an okay week. Definitely a good time for the ASB.

Hard to complain too much being 5 games up at minimum. They'll have to play well in the second half, but I think this team has outperformed expectations and battled through some tough injuries. Hopefully we can get some hurlers back to health and take advantage of a pretty soft schedule. 

[willie key]

After all that’s happened the first half cubs probably feeling ok going into second half

 

[MilwaukeeBeers]

Dont need a game thread this one is already over. Pathetic effort to go into the midsummer classic. Most irritated I have been at a halfway point with a team this good. The fricking wheels are just falling off with injuries. Miz and Harrison have me deeply concerned. 

[MilwaukeeBeers]

2 minutes ago, willie key said:

After all that’s happened the first half cubs probably feeling ok going into second half

 

I mean with that payroll they should. Theyre still not gonna go anywhere with how bad of a rotation that is. Also PCA is about to fall crash back down to earth I can feel it. 

[biedergb]

2 minutes ago, willie key said:

After all that’s happened the first half cubs probably feeling ok going into second half

 

Yeah they should be deep in rearview mirrors but I have a bad feeling they hit a hot stretch and really challenge for the division while the brewers try to find anyone who can start, and anyone who can hit with runners on base. 

[BruisedCrew]

5 minutes ago, biedergb said:

Is it me or do they seem to have a losing stretch heading into ASG. And their record against the Pirates is particularly poor. 

I don’t think it’s an annual thing but they have had some bad ones, and the Pirates have been responsible for a few. 

[BruisedCrew]

13 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

will albert puj... sorry, i mean valdez, ever be retired?

Although he hit that ball hard he would have been retired by a competent major league third baseman. 

[eli.durie30]

Pathetic few days from the Brewers

[Bacher108]

Guess I'll just not think about baseball till Friday then.

[BruisedCrew]

I don’t think I’ll be watching any more of this. It’s bad enough that the Brewers are mailing it in, but I don’t need to listen to one of the Pirates announcers crowing about it 

I can always come back if I see that the Brewers have made a contest out of it. 

[wibadgers23]

Just checked into the game and it's going about as I expected. We'll be lucky to get a hit today.

[biedergb]

4 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I don’t think it’s an annual thing but they have had some bad ones, and the Pirates have been responsible for a few. 

Quick look. For the final 3 games leading up to all star break, we had 2 winning series in the past 5 years, and 2 sweeps against

2021: 0-3 v Cincinnati 

2022: 0-3 v San Francisco 

2023: 2-1 v Cincinnati 

2024: 1-2 v Washington 

and then the real highlight last year 2025 sweep of nationals

2026: 0-3 v Pirates

so it does seem like a mostly annual trend. Yikes. Can we just skip the weekend before the ASG 

[wibadgers23]

In 2018, the Brewers lost five straight to the Pirates heading into the all-star break. So yes, this is a tradition like no other.

[RWeeksFan23]

it obviously wasn't intentional, it was an 0-2 count against a left-handed batter at that. 

it's like the broadcasters were defending o'hearn being upset about it.

[Opening Day]

1 minute ago, wibadgers23 said:

In 2018, the Brewers lost five straight to the Pirates heading into the all-star break. So yes, this is a tradition like no other.

So I can look forward to a game 7 vs the Dodgers?  Great, hopefully Miz is pitching.

[Opening Day]

2 minutes ago, RWeeksFan23 said:

it obviously wasn't intentional, it was an 0-2 count against a left-handed batter at that. 

it's like the broadcasters were defending o'hearn being upset about it.

This game isnt very entertaining.  I hope they fight about it.

[RWeeksFan23]

why is Sanchez hitting fifth against a righty?