Padres (King) vs Brewers (Henderson): 10/4/26, 3:00pm

[liveforoctober]

8 minutes ago, formerlybis said:

This is said awkwardly - you're thinking neither Patrick nor Gasser goes in game 3, right? 

May is a RHP, so I'd think Drohan or Harrison is the 2nd one in (possibly Hall or even Ashby, if we're "going for it"). Ideally, that gets us through 5 innings. Then I'd start going to the one inning right handers like Senzatela/Uribe rather than Patrick, who is our only right-handed long guy in the pen - it'd be smart to have him to back up the lefty Gasser in Game 4. 

I'm assuming if May gets in trouble they will ask Drohan/Harrison/Patrick to clean it up and save the rest of the pen for the day. But if we are in it we will send out the artillery to try and close it out per usual.

[hoosier]

Strange feeling two games into the NLDS. Padres fans clearly feel theirs has been the better of the two teams so far but have nothing to show for it. In a way I kind of agree with that take: Brewers have been outhit 14-12, their two top starters have struggled with command and walks, and the defense has been marred by sloppy infield play. To me, both games have had that same feel, that the Pads had the momentum and Brewers were struggling to stay in it. But there's another side to it, of course, which is that the Brewers stick with it and find a way to win, making their own luck as they say. Bullpen, excepting Uribe who has struggled to get ahead in counts and has gotten hit, has been outstanding. 

So it feels like this could easily be tied 1-1 or even Brewers down 2-0 heading to San Diego. And yet the Brewers also have that feeling of a team of destiny. Hard to reconcile the two in my own head.  

[Fear The Chorizo]

18 minutes ago, hoosier said:

Strange feeling two games into the NLDS. Padres fans clearly feel theirs has been the better of the two teams so far but have nothing to show for it. In a way I kind of agree with that take: Brewers have been outhit 14-12, their two top starters have struggled with command and walks, and the defense has been marred by sloppy infield play. To me, both games have had that same feel, that the Pads had the momentum and Brewers were struggling to stay in it. But there's another side to it, of course, which is that the Brewers stick with it and find a way to win, making their own luck as they say. Bullpen, excepting Uribe who has struggled to get ahead in counts and has gotten hit, has been outstanding. 

So it feels like this could easily be tied 1-1 or even Brewers down 2-0 heading to San Diego. And yet the Brewers also have that feeling of a team of destiny. Hard to reconcile the two in my own head.  

Let me try to help with that -

 

If not for a flyball that wouldve either gone foul or been caught on the edge of the warning track hitting the roof, and for Turang's botched double play grounder that gifted the Padres a run, there wouldnt be this narratove of the brewers lucking into a game 1 win, and the Padres would have scored a total of 4 runs in 18 innings against a brewer staff that has found a way to overcome inconsistent strike zones and its own youth in a playoff atmosphere.  The Padres vaunted bullpen has lost them both games, and the only reason they've outhit the Brewers so far has been a slew of tough luck line outs the Brewers had in game 1.

 

We tend to be fatalist as Brewers fans based on postseason experiences....but the Brewers have actually been the better team so far this series - its close, but theyve been better and being up 2-0 is a product of that. It's also a product of having the best damn player in this series on their team....that is tough for national media to swallow given the fact he's just 22 and the opposition is loaded with star talent in their own right.

[SeaBass]

8 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Let me try to help with that -

 

If not for a flyball that wouldve either gone foul or been caught on the edge of the warning track hitting the roof, and for Turang's botched double play grounder that gifted the Padres a run, there wouldnt be this narratove of the brewers lucking into a game 1 win, and the Padres would have scored a total of 4 runs in 18 innings against a brewer staff that has found a way to overcome inconsistent strike zones and its own youth in a playoff atmosphere.  The Padres vaunted bullpen has lost them both games, and the only reason they've outhit the Brewers so far has been a slew of tough luck line outs the Brewers had in game 1.

 

We tend to be fatalist as Brewers fans based on postseason experiences....but the Brewers have actually been the better team so far this series - its close, but theyve been better and being up 2-0 is a product of that. It's also a product of having the best damn player in this series on their team....that is tough for national media to swallow given the fact he's just 22 and the opposition is loaded with star talent in their own right.

Yeah, it sure seems like many of the Padres runs have been assisted by poor Brewers defense and some wild pitches that allow runners to get into scoring position. They've gotten the hits to get those runs home but the Brewers have definitely not helped themselves from keeping preventable runs from scoring.

[hoosier]

9 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

We tend to be fatalist as Brewers fans based on postseason experiences....but the Brewers have actually been the better team so far this series - its close, but theyve been better and being up 2-0 is a product of that. It's also a product of having the best damn player in this series on their team....that is tough for national media to swallow given the fact he's just 22 and the opposition is loaded with star talent in their own right.

This here, except I would describe myself as an obsessional pessimist, always inclined to see the worst aspects and fear the worst outcomes. 😛

[GAME05]

8 hours ago, nate82 said:

To me the Gary Sanchez at bat was the one that won it and was the most critical.  There were some pitches in that at bat that Gary normally swings at especially the second pitch and pitch five.

You know in that moment every player wants to be the guy, so it's such a selfless thing to do in that moment to take the walk so another player can have that chance.

What's so amazing to me is the last few batters' abilities to recognize and actually take a ball when you know all they were thinking is the one thing they can't do is take the third out looking.

I've been watching the inning replays over and over again and I'm still getting nervous.

[homer]

8 hours ago, nate82 said:

To me the Gary Sanchez at bat was the one that won it and was the most critical.  There were some pitches in that at bat that Gary normally swings at especially the second pitch and pitch five.  

I had my finger on the remote ready to turn off the tv after a strikeout.

[Playing Catch]

That game was right at the top of memorable Brewer games. I can't stop reliving it.

Their stars picked each other up. Turang had a really poor game. Bauers and Contreras didn't do anything of note (I was as frustrated as he was with that 1-0 flyout in the 8th --- can't have a two-pitch AB in that circumstance), but Chourio, the bullpen, Yelich was huge. Guys really rallied.

But the things I keep coming back to were the Hamilton catch, the Pratt snag, the Frelick outfield assist. Yelich and Frelick on the basepaths in the 9th. It's the little things that win in these tight games, and it's the little things that get forgotten after the heroics. Particularly baserunning.

If Bauers is in right field, he isn't throwing out Machado at third, and he's not scoring that winning run.

Every guy out there was playing to their strengths, and doing it for their teammates. Just so gratifying.

[Team Canada]

1 hour ago, hoosier said:

their two top starters have struggled with command and walks

That said, Henderson allowed 2 hits and 1 earned run. The pitching has been amazing all the way down the line, and it's hard for me to see the Padres as obviously the better team. This is playing out exactly the way you might have imagined heading into the series.

[SeaBass]

56 minutes ago, homer said:

I had my finger on the remote ready to turn off the tv after a strikeout.

I turned the game off after the 8th inning and turned on my PlayStation. I kept an eye on my phone for score updates, saw there was 1 out in the 9th with a man on and used my phone to tune back into the TV broadcast. So from the time Yeli stole 2nd on I was watching again lol.

So I consider choosing to watch it on a tiny phone screen instead of my 65" tv to be the factor that helped the Brewers win. 😆

[bucks2281]

For all the talk that the Brewers had not won more than 5 consecutive games this season … they are now at 7 straight and counting 

[owbc]

33 minutes ago, Team Canada said:

That said, Henderson allowed 2 hits and 1 earned run. The pitching has been amazing all the way down the line, and it's hard for me to see the Padres as obviously the better team. This is playing out exactly the way you might have imagined heading into the series.

100%. And our depth is what is winning us the series. The bottom of the Padres' order is not capable of what ours did in the 9th inning yesterday. 

[da swedish german]

I love in the frelick/yelich post game interview, sal is talking about cutting the corner at 3rd properly on the last play. that it's little things like that that are ingrained into the team culture. that he learned stuff like that from yeli(as he motions towards him)

yeli's, eyes go downward in slight embarrassment, but then you see a small smile of pride and acknowledgement of his love of this team and his teammates. 

 

 

[Jopal78]

27 minutes ago, owbc said:

100%. And our depth is what is winning us the series. The bottom of the Padres' order is not capable of what ours did in the 9th inning yesterday. 

I don’t know, the Padres have a really talented hitting lineup with few if any weak spots They also have received a lot of media credit for their 41-18 tear after July 23rd which resuscitated their season plus their complete suffocation of the Cubs in the WC round. 

What does gets over looked is the Brewers’ nearly identical 39-21 march after July 23rd. 

The Brewers were just a little better with their weaker hitters in white knuckle time in Game 2 against a tiring Miller struggling with his command. 
 

 

 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

1 hour ago, Playing Catch said:

That game was right at the top of memorable Brewer games. I can't stop reliving it.

Their stars picked each other up. Turang had a really poor game. Bauers and Contreras didn't do anything of note (I was as frustrated as he was with that 1-0 flyout in the 8th --- can't have a two-pitch AB in that circumstance), but Chourio, the bullpen, Yelich was huge. Guys really rallied.

But the things I keep coming back to were the Hamilton catch, the Pratt snag, the Frelick outfield assist. Yelich and Frelick on the basepaths in the 9th. It's the little things that win in these tight games, and it's the little things that get forgotten after the heroics. Particularly baserunning.

If Bauers is in right field, he isn't throwing out Machado at third, and he's not scoring that winning run.

Every guy out there was playing to their strengths, and doing it for their teammates. Just so gratifying.

I forgot about Hamilton's catch, too. So many wild things happened yesterday, it's hard to even put them all together.

Hamilton hustling up the line almost certainly impacted Cronenworth on that second run too. I know there are a lot of heroes, but I think Hamilton is one of them. 

[Turning2]

17 hours ago, BrewerFan said:

I'll piss myself if Chourio can get a hit here...

 

And how did that go?  LOL. 

[Turning2]

17 hours ago, BCF said:

The last two games for the Padres gotta be so deflating for them 

A kick to the balls for sure. We're going to see how much fight they have in them, and they might have a lot. 

[Turning2]

17 hours ago, Yaz said:

And never forget,  because they had one to burn, Gary was Gary with that challenge.

Joked with my wife while Gary was on deck, he was asking "can I pre-challenge before my AB starts"  LOL. Huge walk from him. I like Sanchez, he's a character.

[Turning2]

16 hours ago, craigharmann said:

Did you see A Fraud put his bat between his legs while Jeter and Papi were talking? That was.....odd. 

Yes, probably just a brain fart. but a bad look no doubt. I didn't waste much time listening to them blather. Not a fan of the roundtable approach to pre and post games. 

[GAME05]

1 hour ago, SeaBass said:

So I consider choosing to watch it on a tiny phone screen instead of my 65" tv to be the factor that helped the Brewers win. 😆

Well we appreciate your sacrifice of watching the remainder of the Brewers playoffs on your tiny screen.

[adambr2]

Stammen is going to take some flack from Padre fans for pushing Miller for two innings but if you watch Chourio’s AB, Mason Miller did absolutely nothing wrong. Those were all really good, highly competitive pitches, he threw his best stuff at Chourio and just got beat by a clutch hitter. 

I think if he repeats the same sequence of pitches against the average MLB hitter, he probably records an out 95% of the time. 

If you want to get on him for losing the zone against Yelich, Frelick and Sanchez I think that’s probably fair. But against Chourio he did nothing wrong, 

[RobDeer 45]

What! A! Game!  I'm still buzzing from it.  That has to be immediately up there for best Brewers wins all time.  I've rewatched so many highlights and at bats, I can't get enough.

 

I've rewatched that full at bat by Churio a couple times now and I still can't believe he laid off that last slider.  That was a pure superstar at bat and result.  What a stud.  We are lucky to get to watch him all year.

 

Can we talk about Contreras running out and pounding the ground for Sal to get down on the slide?  That was hilarious!!!!  I love this team!

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

10 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Stammen is going to take some flack from Padre fans for pushing Miller for two innings but if you watch Chourio’s AB, Mason Miller did absolutely nothing wrong. Those were all really good, highly competitive pitches, he threw his best stuff at Chourio and just got beat by a clutch hitter. 

I think if he repeats the same sequence of pitches against the average MLB hitter, he probably records an out 95% of the time. 

If you want to get on him for losing the zone against Yelich, Frelick and Sanchez I think that’s probably fair. But against Chourio he did nothing wrong, 

The Pitching Ninja guys said the same thing. I believe the exact quote was: "Sometimes, the hitters win."

I think part of what made that such a great finish was that, yeah the Padres had their closer on the mound for six outs, but it was exactly what they wanted. They were willing to live with what happened. The Brewers were too. You just make the moves you can and then let go. Our best beat their best. That's the way it should be, especially in October.