8/04/07 - Phillies (Hamels) @ Brewers (Bush) - 6:05pm

[brewers19]

I hope Braun still has some in the tank for the rest of his career.

[GormanHarvey]

Love it!

[MoneyballMan]

Second most HR's allowed - 24 for Hamels. I would have never guessed that.

 

Way to go Bush - no reason to work with a lead, right?

[phatmatt1215]

Just like that... Tie game

[MoneyballMan]

"Doesn't get any easier tomorrow when they face Adam Eaton"?? I sure hope they're not comparing Eaton to Hamels.... Just because Eaton made a nice start against the Crew doesn't mean he has stuff anywhere near what Hamels has.

[Team Canada]

Cmon Bush, stop serving meatballs.

[LUKE232323]

Thanks a lot Bush. Quit hanging curveballs *********!!

[brewmann04]

Bush and Howard are two good hitters and they are killing us

[phatmatt1215]

At least Bush is getting his bad inning out of the way very very early. Gives us time to come back.

[The Ignitor]

Game, set, match with Hamels pitching. I predict about 12 total Crew K's.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Yuck. Hopefully Hamels is a tad off tonight.

[MoneyballMan]

Game, set, match with Hammels pitching. I predict about 12 total Crew K's.

 

You're probably not too far off there.

[SlideBernieSlide]

Get Dessens up! Oh, nevermind. Who's the long-man tonight?

[Team Canada]

LUKE232323, please watch your language.

[adambr2]

I am pretty certain that my grandmother could steal off us.

[MoneyballMan]

I'm surprised Estrada even gave it a throw based on Bush completely ignoring the runner.

[Ennder]

Hamels has a 3.51 ERA this year, his FIP is 4.07. He is not a pitcher that is so dominant we cannot score on, this game is not anywhere near over.

[brewmann04]

well maybe now that bush had his bad frame he can come back,but this Hamel is unreal.

[brewmann04]

hamel has been real good after the break

[brewmann04]

I wish he pitched like that in the second and hopefully we can get a few more runs off Hamels

[The Ignitor]

I certainly agree that teams can score on Hamels. I just don't believe this team can. We are just not constructed to be a come back type of team.

 

Swinging for the fences is our attempt at coming back. That feeds right in to swinging at garbage. Most MLB pitchers are good at feeding garbage when they are ahead. If we could figure out that occasionally a timely base hit or a sac bunt might plate a run in a couple of of the remaining innings, we might actually get to the 8th or 9th tied or down by one and finish the come back on someone. Until that happens, I have almost zero hope that we can come back on Hamels. I hope I'm wrong, but the stats on are ability to come back this year leave little hope.

[phatmatt1215]

The Brewers just need to cut their losses and DFA Bush.

[brewmann04]

we need a healthy Sheets to return and replace either Bush,Vargas, with Yo and Parra Dowen the stretch

[The Ignitor]

The starting pitching has been our Achilles heal. While this starting staff may have been one of the better ones in the NL on paper, the results on the field (except Sheets and Gallardo) reek of a .500 club. Yah, some good starts on occasion from Bush and Vargas. But truthfully, based on performance this season, this staff has four #4-5 type starters rather than the two #2s (Cappy, Soup) and two #3-4's (Bush, Vargas) we had hoped for at the beginning. The good news, and the hope is, that Sheets comes back strong, Gallardo keeps it up, and either Soup of Cappy re-find their touch down the stretch.

 

EDIT: I should say that Vargas has been decent for a #5. But it says something about this staff that he has the second best results on the field.

[Team Canada]

Seriously, Braun against lefties is absurd.