World Series Game 5: Brewers (Misiorowski) vs Rays (TBD): 10/28/26, 7:00pm

[Frisbee Slider]

The Brewers look to Jacob Misiorowski to help clinch a World Series title.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

No clue who bridges Miz to Megill. Uribe probably ok. I'd guess Romero is available. Harrison? But I'm thinking he's only there to eat innings up or down 10 again.

[Frisbee Slider]

Hall and Uribe look available to me. Easy for me to say. 

Miz 5

Romero 1

Hall 1

Uribe 1

Megill 1

Off day tomorrow, either way 🙂

Woodruff I sure hope could face 7-8-9 for an inning?

I assume Ashby says he could throw 20 pitches today 🤷‍♂️

[MDCrew]

 

8 minutes ago, Frisbee Slider said:

Hall and Uribe look available to me. Easy for me to say. 

Miz 5

Romero 1

Hall 1

Uribe 1

Megill 1

Off day tomorrow, either way 🙂

Woodruff I sure hope could face 7-8-9 for an inning?

I assume Ashby says he could throw 20 pitches today 🤷‍♂️

I agree Miz needs to get through 5 then you could get by with Romero, Hall, Uribe, Megill an inning a piece. 

Hopefully can put up some runs early tonight. Bauers I’m looking at you… No hits from our 2-5 hitters last night I wouldn’t expect that again tonight. Go Brewers!!! 

Edited 3 hours ago by MDCrew

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Push 2 or 3 runs across in the first inning and the game takes on a very positive shape. Give Misiorowski a lead to alleviate some pressure on him. Ramp up the do-or-die sense against Rays from the jump.

[MrTPlush]

Ashby isn’t taken out of the game yesterday to not be available today, imo. He would pitch an inning in a lead situation.

[torts]

21 minutes ago, MrTPlush said:

Ashby isn’t taken out of the game yesterday to not be available today, imo. He would pitch an inning in a lead situation.

Agreed, Ashby is pitching tonight if there is a lead

[adambr2]

Everyone is available. The question is more who will be most effective, given their workload. 

I would have to assume that Tampa is in the same predicament having thrown Martinez yesterday and having a shorter pitching staff than us. 

[HarveysWBs]

Everyone here is a fan of at least one (and probably more) Wisconsin sports teams, so I get that there’s going to be some facing down the demons this morning. There’s a lot of recent postseason history there, and most of it is bad.

But today is a new day, and from where I’m sitting, it looks pretty bright outside. Three shots to achieve the dream is a deal I’ll take every single year. Not convinced?

How does two more appearances by not just your Cy Young winner but a guy who can do things with the baseball that literally no one else in the history of the sport can do strike you?

How does having Babe Ruth in the lineup move you? Because that’s what Chourio is doing. Only the Babe has also had multi-hit games in his first four World Series appearances. And Chourio is even better because he’s faster than Ruth ever was and can hit pitching the likes of which Ruth never faced. So for the next three games, the Brewers have Babe Ruth+ leading off.

Oh, and they also have the guy who is better than peak Andrew Miller in the bullpen as well as a minty fresh closer. And another off day tomorrow if necessary. And then two home games after that if it comes to it.

I’m still feeling pretty good.

[MrTPlush]

8 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Everyone is available. The question is more who will be most effective, given their workload. 

I would have to assume that Tampa is in the same predicament having thrown Martinez yesterday and having a shorter pitching staff than us. 

The silver lining for me was Martinez going multiple innings yesterday and Cash not pitching Rasmussen Game 1. They really should have Rasmussen in Game 5 and to make matters worse they had to burn their presumed starter yesterday to win.

I started to think they should start Rasmussen on short rest, but that just makes an ugly pitching situation in MIl. I think they have to just pray a horrible pitching situation today can eek out a win so they have Rasmussen/Peralta on normal rest in Milwaukee.

When you think about it, you see why teams just never come back when down 3-0.

[Bernies Sponsor]

what is the point of rostering Harrison if he's never going to pitch?

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, MrTPlush said:

The silver lining for me was Martinez going multiple innings yesterday and Cash not pitching Rasmussen Game 1. They really should have Rasmussen in Game 5 and to make matters worse they had to burn their presumed starter yesterday to win.

I started to think they should start Rasmussen on short rest, but that just makes an ugly pitching situation in MIl. I think they have to just pray a horrible pitching situation today can eek out a win so they have Rasmussen/Peralta on normal rest in Milwaukee.

When you think about it, you see why teams just never come back when down 3-0.

Right. As much as we are perhaps concerned that the Brewers' pen may be taxed, the Rays are in absolute dire straights with their pitching staff, while we have the likely Cy Young winner going tonight on full rest. I know that our history as Wisconsin sports fans has taught us to expect the worst, but the Brewers are still very much in the driver's seat.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

4 minutes ago, Bernies Sponsor said:

what is the point of rostering Harrison if he's never going to pitch?

Probably for the situation they used Woodruff in, which raises the same question.

 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

1 hour ago, MrTPlush said:

Ashby isn’t taken out of the game yesterday to not be available today, imo. He would pitch an inning in a lead situation.

He's "available" but I thought he was showing signs of fatigue last night. I would rather give him the benefit of those 2 off days and fire it up for 2 chances at home.

[adambr2]

3 minutes ago, Bernies Sponsor said:

what is the point of rostering Harrison if he's never going to pitch?

I stand by my statement last night that I would have preferred him over Drohan last night. 

Kyle simply has nastier stuff when he’s on and is much more of a strikeout pitcher and less dependent on his defense. 

Drohan simply hasn’t pitched well at all in the second half. We obviously can’t, but if I could replace him with Patrick or Anderson today, I’d do it. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, adambr2 said:

I stand by my statement last night that I would have preferred him over Drohan last night. 

Kyle simply has nastier stuff when he’s on and is much more of a strikeout pitcher and less dependent on his defense. 

Drohan simply hasn’t pitched well at all in the second half. We obviously can’t, but if I could replace him with Patrick or Anderson today, I’d do it. 

You can think that, but he has not pitched in a month and his September was yikes. I think I still probably would have used Drohan between the two, but those were the only two realistic choices imo. That or just letting Senzatela ride it out, which I think would have been my personal move.

What people aren't saying enough is that 12 IP 4 ER loss isn't putting enough blame on the offense.

FWIW, I was advocating Drohan off the roster for Woodruff before the playoffs even started. He wasn't awful this season but he was trending the wrong way at the wrong time. Patrick had a good year. The walks were bad, but he was the last guy on. Wonder if he watched last night with a smile in his head.

[MrTPlush]

12 minutes ago, Bernies Sponsor said:

what is the point of rostering Harrison if he's never going to pitch?

His only purpose is many garbage time innings if we are getting blown out.

That is fine, but if Woodruff is a feel good story to also pitch a random meaningless inning….what are we doing? We can’t have two useless pitchers on the roster.

[adambr2]

1 minute ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

You can think that, but he has not pitched in a month and his September was yikes. I think I still probably would have used Drohan between the two, but those were the only two realistic choices imo. That or just letting Senzatela ride it out, which I think would have been my personal move.

What people aren't saying enough is that 12 IP 4 ER loss isn't putting enough blame on the offense.

FWIW, I was advocating Drohan off the roster for Woodruff before the playoffs even started. He wasn't awful this season but he was trending the wrong way at the wrong time. Patrick had a good year. The walks were bad, but he was the last guy on. Wonder if he watched last night with a smile in his head.

I am not saying I would have felt great about Harrison, but among our options I would have greater faith in him than Drohan who already pitched poorly in the NLCS. 

Senzaltela from what Murphy said postgame was running on fumes and just wasn’t going to be an option for the 13th. 

[jason21nl]

What’s the emergency plan if Miz can’t get through 4?  Go with Harrison until his arm falls off?

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, jason21nl said:

What’s the emergency plan if Miz can’t get through 4?  Go with Harrison until his arm falls off?

In this scenario things are not going great and they absolutely have to start setting up how they want the MKE games to look. So yeah, I would probably guess that's exactly what happens. Can't burn good arms chasing a deficit tonight. Would be a lot easier to watch them go down 7-1 than a repeat of this.

[Frisbee Slider]

The joke is on Kevin Cash. Harrison is a leverage arm and we have been saving him for later in the series.

[Brock Beauchamp]

The Brewers kinda need to win this one. They have Miz on the mound, and other than Ashby and Senzatela, their bullpen should be in decent shape. On the other side, the Rays burned Martinez yesterday, and used damn near everybody.

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

What’s the emergency plan if Miz can’t get through 4?  Go with Harrison until his arm falls off?

[Jopal78]

41 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

Everyone is available. The question is more who will be most effective, given their workload. 

I would have to assume that Tampa is in the same predicament having thrown Martinez yesterday and having a shorter pitching staff than us. 

Arguably the Rays staff may be in better shape on the whole. Yes, Rasmussen on short rest, but Matz, Cleavinger and Sulser did not pitch last night. Kelly and Bryan Baker should be good to go as well. With Peralta probably able to give them an innings 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

The Brewers kinda need to win this one. They have Miz on the mound, and other than Ashby and Senzatela, their bullpen should be in decent shape. On the other side, the Rays burned Martinez yesterday, and used damn near everybody.

I mean, kinda? The flow of things definitely matters, but I think everyone would have been ecstatic with 3-2 flying back to MKE.

I would still feel like we're going to win if that dreaded scenario unfolds. Anxiety goes through the roof, but I'd still like the odds.

All that said, it's time for Miz to play like a Cy Young winner.