9/10/05 Astros (Pettitte) @ Brewers (Ohka) 6:05 pm

[markwitx]

HERE COMES JJ

[markwitx]

Ugg kane davis is in

[cirillo26]

Well, I guess Wes O. didn't do too bad tonight.

[WV Brew]

Well, I guess Wes O. didn't do too bad tonight.

 

It was the longest outing by a Brewer reliever this year. Hopefully, they don't waste it.

[cirillo26]

The Crew needs to come back and win this one. I have faith.

[tomwopat]

kane davis is my hero.

[WV Brew]

Ack.

[cirillo26]

Well KANE just killed our ABLE(ity) to win tonight.

[kiwi brewer]

why not matt wise?

[ja002h]

Kane Davis sucks

[BrewCityUnit]

kane is a nerd

[WV Brew]

why not matt wise?

 

Probably because they were behind. They might need him tomorrow. You'd think Davis would not serve up meat with 2 outs. If he's on the ML team, he should be ready to produce.

[PietroSanGiacomo]

Why not Matt Wise? Because then Matt Wise wouldn't be available to pitch when we're up 3-2 in the 8th tomorrow. Our bullpen just isn't deep enough to have really good pitchers for every situation. Davis was one close-call from getting out of that inning (according to Uecker), and Berkman is really freaking good. It wasn't that bad of an idea.

[kiwi brewer]

i take your points re: Wise.

 

but i think it's huge optimism thinking we'll be up 3-2 in the 8th tomorrow against Oswalt. who is on the hill for us? Helling? uh-oh!

[WV Brew]

Hold on! Magruder's in. The game isn't over yet.

[PietroSanGiacomo]

Yeah, it's a tough call, Kiwi. Maybe now Wise won't have an opportunity to pitch for 5 days, which would seem like a waste of a good pitcher. I just get frustrated when we don't have Wise available to pitch when we need him most, however. And with Helling starting, maybe we need him to go 2 innings tomorrow.

 

I admit, when he gave up that homer, Davis's mlb.com gameday photo's facial expression changed--in my eyes--from "I'm not smiling because I'm a tough guy" to "I'm not smiling because I know I won't be in the major leagues next year." I still can't say I blame Yost for going to him in that situation. If Santana was around, we would have had another option.

[kiwi brewer]

put on those rally yarmalkes!!!

[WV Brew]

Astros are saving Lidge for tomorrow. If the Brewers can at least knock Wheeler out of the box and force Lidge in, it could make the difference tomorrow.

[WV Brew]

Looked like Weeks' double was foul so we got one break at least.

[kiwi brewer]

prince on deck. at least it's still exciting.

[ChrisW42660]

I know this is a belated vent, but it's my last post of the night. WHY Kane Davis??? WHY?! We must rid ourselves of the man. He can't pitch! Ok, I'm done. Have a good night, all. We'll get them tomorrow.

[WV Brew]

Lidge is nothing!

[kiwi brewer]

prince! i can't wait until next year.

 

i have no problem with fielder, weeks, hardy, hall in '06. no problem at all.

 

no DP here. please.

[PietroSanGiacomo]

Yup. We really could use those 2 runs back now. Lidge starts the 9th if it's 5-3, but this rally does strengthen the Wise argument. My point is just that we can't use Wise and/or Turnbow in every situation, and our next-best options are Lehr and Eveland. That's quite a drop-off.

[slack00]

It's tough to win games when all of your runs and RBIs come from the 7,8, and 9 spots in the order.

 

How many times in a row now have they been a game under .500 and lost? It seems like 4 or 5 now.