5/31/2004 - Brewers (Wise) vs. Dodgers (Perez)

[brewcrewkid14]

Well the Brewers look to start a tough nine game west coast road trip, hopefully on a good note. The Brewers are 13-12 in May and will try to have a second straight winning month.

 

Matt Wise going up against Oliver Perez on paper LA definitely has the advantage. But, hopefully Wise can keep the game close and give the Brewers a chance.

 

GAME PREVIEWS:

 

MLB.com Preview:

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Sports Network Preveiw:

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Sports Network Matchup:

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Lineup From Sports Network:

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[RyDogg66]

Check that, it is Oliver's evil twin Odalis on the mound today. Either way, it will be tough to get runs.

[batman]

Today's lineups are brought to you by Ben Grieve, who can hit left-handers better than Brady Clark can.

 MILWAUKEE LOS ANGELES AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Scott Podsednik CF .261 5 15 Dave Roberts CF .250 1 9 Bill Hall SS .274 4 20 Cesar Izturis SS .305 2 17 Junior Spivey 2B .274 3 18 Paul Lo Duca C .366 1 18 Geoff Jenkins LF .250 4 26 Shawn Green 1B .229 7 23 Lyle Overbay 1B .337 6 40 Adrian Beltre 3B .316 12 36 Keith Ginter 3B .260 7 16 Juan Encarnacion RF .216 7 26 Brady Clark RF .216 3 13 Jason Grabowski LF .237 4 8 Chad Moeller C .225 2 13 Alex Cora 2B .301 3 13 Matt Wise RHP .000 0 0 Odalis Perez LHP .048 0 0 (0-0, 5.87) (2-3, 3.10)

Back to the "old" lineup, I guess.

 

~Bill

[homer]

Jenkins needs a night off....especially against a lefty.

[RyDogg66]

Good thing we have 4 outfielders, 3 bat LHm and one doesnt really bat at all.

 

Good luck flailing away fellas! Here's to a Matt Wise no-no and an unearned run to win the game.

[packfan79]

Brady Clark and Scotty Po are both off to great starts again today this is getting really old!!!

[MassBrew]

Wise with 30 pitches through three - wow.

 

First to score wins, huh?

 

I won't rub it in that the MLB.com PC TV package is available to folks like myself now....

[packfan79]

Looks like another huge offensive day for the crew. Does anyone know if Wise has a limited pitch count today?

[batman]

I won't rub it in that the MLB.com PC TV package is available to folks like myself now....

 

Jerk.

 

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

 

Matt Wise is the man... I definitely think he's one of the better "non-prospect" options we have between AAA/MLB (the group that includes guys like El Duquecito, Ben Ford, etc.). Since he's a starter by trade, he could become a useful long-man out of the pen so that Kinney can work in short roles (where he only has to face the lineup once). Other"wise" (LOL), we don't really have a good long reliever... Kieschnick has become a setup man, Burba hasn't been stretched out, and Ford was not so good before heading to the DL.

 

Thoughts?

 

Let's get some runs.

 

~Bill

[scoop53714]

The offense is beyond bad right now. What the hell happened??

 

If they win this game it would be amazing.

[packfan79]

Well they have already struck out 5 times through 4 innings I think they need to start working the count alittle bit more. Granted Perez is throwing strikes.

[batman]

I think the lack of walks is really reason #1 why the offense is struggling. If I have time, I'd like to graph their walk totals over the course of the season and I think there'd be a pretty direct correlation between reduced walks and reduced runs.

 

But yeah... they really aren't hitting at all. It's no fun.

 

EDIT: For those of you (evil) folks with access to a TV feed, how does Wise look? What's the breakdown of changeups to fastballs? Is he showing any other pitches? What's his velocity like?

 

I hate not being able to see the games. Argh.

 

Any observations would be appreciated!

 

~Bill

[packfan79]

I think the number of runners left on base in scoring position has gone up considerably as well. They can't seem to come through with the big hit when they need it lately.

[MassBrew]

Wise is mixing his pitches nicely -- I'd guess about 45-50% change-ups.

 

Looks like Kinney now, though...

[Vgmastr]

In 2 starts, the Brewers have managed 2 runs against Perez. Both of those runs were by Durrington. Aussie Power!! 1-0 Brewers, let's hope Kinney and the bullpen can do as well as Wise.

[Bruce Ciskie]

Someone watching/listening to the game:

 

How did Durrington get to second base? He singled, and the MLB Game Tracker thingie never said how he got to second base.

 

The only lead I got was that he was moved to second on the tracker right after a pickoff attempt, so I guessed it was a balk. But I don't know. Stupid MLB Game Tracker thingie. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/mad.gif

[packfan79]

Well we finally manufactured a run I hope it holds up http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[packfan79]

Perez balked him to second, scott po moved him over to 3rd.

[Bruce Ciskie]

Cool. My instinct was correct. Thanks. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[MassBrew]

Yeah, it was a balk.

 

Nice job by Hall on the sac fly. Perfect 0-2 pitch, down and away, no idea how he 1) drove it, or 2) got it in the air.

[endaround]

Anyone know how Clark was thrown out at third?

[Vgmastr]

He ran out of the baseline.

[Vgmastr]

HR JENKS!!!

 

It's about time, hopefully he's breaking out of that slump.

[Bruce Ciskie]

Kinney's scoreless inning drops his ERA to 7.57.

 

A few more bullpen stints like the last few he's had, and he'll get that thing below the Commercial Jetliner Line. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/pimp.gif

 

Good for him. I've always liked his stuff, and for some reason he seems suited for this kind of relief work.

 

Geoff Jenkins hit a home run? Wow. That's awesome, assuming it leads to a good run from him. We need him to get hot, because I really think he'll ignite everybody once he gets going.

[packfan79]

Finally Jenks got a hold of one!!