TooLiveBrew

The club letting Segura stay in the game doesn't make me feel any better here. They let Gamel stay in the game last season, too.

What a classless slide by Parra. There is nothing that can come from that but an injury to Segura. He didn't even stop to pay some respect to Segura injured on the ground. I have a new player to hate.

This is the first time that I can remember where I feel genuinely ambivalent about the Brewers. I don't feel excited to tune in to watch any given game. I feel like the organization, relative to the product on the MLB field, is in complete shambles. Two injuries shouldn't turn your lineup into a joke... and if they do, your GM and/or manager didn't do the job of building depth.

I think you mean "embarassing, and a telling indictment of the management of the club."

Hellweg, Sounds Blank Zephyrs, 6-0 Prospect Right-hander Hurls Five Scoreless Frames In Triple-A Debut Nashville Sounds http://i.imgur.com/HTOCvDl.jpg Johnny Hellweg (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Right-hander Johnny Hellweg turned in an impressive Triple-A debut, hurling five scoreless frames and combining with a pair of relievers on a four-hit shutout in the Nashville Sounds' 6-0 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Saturday evening at Greer Stadium. Hellweg (1-0) allowed only two hits in his five frames, striking out three batters and walking one in his 69-pitch effort. The fireballer retired the first 11 batters in succession before Bryan Petersen doubled with two outs in the top of the fourth inning. Chris Jakubauskas and Travis Webb followed Hellweg with a pair of scoreless innings apiece to close out the shutout. Both hurlers made their Sounds debuts in the contest. Offensively, Scooter Gennett continued his strong start to the season with a 3-for-4 effort, Sean Halton also went 3-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs, and Cole Garner went 2-for-4 with a homer and a double to lead a nine-hit attack. The Sounds struck first, plating an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning against Z's starter Jacob Turner. Gennett led off the frame with a double to right-center, advanced to third when shortstop Wilson Valdez mishandled a Caleb Gindl grounder, and scored on Halton's RBI single through the left side of the infield. Garner doubled the Nashville lead in the second when he led off with his first homer of the year, a blast to left-center on the first offering he saw from Turner. Nashville stretched the lead to a comfortable 6-0 margin by plating four runs with two outs against Turner in the third. After Gennett singled and stole second, Halton delivered his second knock in a run-scoring situation, plating the second baseman with a two-out single to left. After Stephen Parker drew a walk, Garner upped the Sounds' lead to 4-0 with an RBI ground-rule double that hopped over the right-center wall. Blake Davis followed with his first hit of the season, a two-run single to right. Turner (0-1) absorbed the loss for the Z's after giving up six runs (five earned) on seven hits over four frames in his season debut. The Sounds and Zephyrs wrap up their season-opening four-game set with a 2:05 p.m. matinee on Sunday afternoon. Left-hander Zach Kroenke will make his debut for Nashville when he toes the slab to face New Orleans right-hander Mitch Talbot. The Sounds will don their camouflage jerseys for the first time this season as a salute to all members of the armed forces on Military Sunday. Nashville Box Gennett: 3-4, 2B, SB Halton: 3-4, 2 RBI, SB Parker: 0-3, BB Garner: 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI Davis: 1-3, 2 RBI Looks like Hellweg was dealing in this one -- take note of his groundout ratio. I want to see LOTS more of this Hellweg. Hellweg: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, WP, 69 TP (39 strikes), 10:2 GO:FO Jakubauskas: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K Webb: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K Nashville PbP I won't post them all here, but do yourself a favor and read through Hellweg's first four innings. The only adjective that comes to mind for me is "buzzsaw." He labored in the 5th, but even then was able to pitch out of trouble. Let's go with the Sounds' offense... (all the runs came in the first three innings): Nashville Bottom of the 1st -Scooter Gennett doubles (1) on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Mattison. -Caleb Gindl reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Wilson Valdez. Scooter Gennett advances to 3rd, on a missed catch error by shortstop Wilson Valdez. -Hunter Morris strikes out swinging. -Sean Halton singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jordan Brown. Scooter Gennett scores. Caleb Gindl to 2nd. -Stephen Parker grounds into a double play, shortstop Wilson Valdez to first baseman Ben Lasater. Sean Halton out at 2nd. Nashville Bottom of the 2nd -Cole Garner homers (1) on a line drive to left center field. -Blake Davis grounds out to first baseman Ben Lasater. -Blake Lalli grounds out, shortstop Wilson Valdez to first baseman Ben Lasater. -Johnny Hellweg grounds out, shortstop Wilson Valdez to first baseman Ben Lasater. Nashville Bottom of the 3rd -Scooter Gennett singles on a bunt ground ball to catcher Jake Jefferies. -With Caleb Gindl batting, Scooter Gennett steals (1) 2nd base. -Caleb Gindl grounds out, second baseman Matt Downs to first baseman Ben Lasater. Scooter Gennett to 3rd. -Hunter Morris grounds out, pitcher Jacob Turner to second baseman Matt Downs. -Sean Halton singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jordan Brown. Scooter Gennett scores. -With Stephen Parker batting, Sean Halton steals (1) 2nd base. -Stephen Parker walks. -Cole Garner hits a ground-rule double (1) on a line drive down the right-field line. Sean Halton scores. Stephen Parker to 3rd. -Blake Davis singles on a line drive to right fielder Bryan Petersen. Stephen Parker scores. Cole Garner scores. Blake Davis advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by shortstop Wilson Valdez, assist to right fielder Bryan Petersen to first baseman Ben Lasater. -Blake Lalli strikes out swinging. Nashville Gameday

Sorry folks, got caught up in the Final Four madness tonight & flat-out forgot about the L.R. until right now. Post will be up in a few minutes.

Whoa. I can't wait to get out & watch him in person.

He is responsible the steroids embarrassment, the strike of '94 that ruined competitive imbalance, the unfair media revenues that cripple small markets, and propping up bad owners who don't even try to compete. He is also responsible for me being able to watch or listen to every single Brewer 9and every other team too) game from Seattle on multiple platforms for a reasonable cost. Try that with the NFL. If his legacy is ONLY MLB.com and not hounding Baseball-Reference into the ground (like the NFL woul have) that's enough for me. The same group that runs Baseball-Reference also runs Pro-Football-Reference.com. Was there an instance of the NFL going after a fan-run stat site?

Sounds Blanked by New Orleans, 12-0 Nashville starter Hiram Burgos extends scoreless streak in loss Nashville Sounds http://i.imgur.com/1diauhV.jpg Hiram Burgos (Mike Strasinger / Nashville Sounds) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Nashville Sounds held the New Orleans Zephyrs scoreless through five innings, but were unable to contain the visitor's hot bats, who scored runs in each of the last four frames en route to shutting out the Sounds, 12-0. The lone bright spot on the night for the Sounds was starting pitcher Hiram Burgos, who picked up where he left off in 2012 by extending his Triple-A scoreless streak to 17 innings across his last three starts, dating back to August 29. The right-handed pitcher limited the Zephyrs to two hits through five innings of work, fanning six and walking three. Unfortunately for the Sounds, the team's bullpen did not see similar success. The Zephyrs broke through for three runs in sixth inning, touching Sounds reliever Michael Olmsted in his Triple-A debut. Ed Lucas led-off with a single to right field and moved to second on a walk to Bryan Petersen. Ben Lasater followed with a shallow RBI-single and scored alongside Petersen on Matt Diaz's single to right. The Z's tacked on four runs in the following inning, which began with shortstop Matt Downs scoring from second on a dropped fly ball charged to left fielder Sean Halton. Downs had reached scoring position with a leadoff single. Olmsted proceeded to issue two walks before being relieved by Jim Hoey, [whose] first pitch as a Nashville Sound left the ballpark on a three-run homer by Lasater, who finished with four RBIs. Olmsted (0-1) was charged with three runs in the inning and six on the night, taking the loss after recording 1 2/3 innings of work. Downs increased New Orleans' lead to nine runs in the eighth with a two-run blast over the left-field wall, scoring Wilson Valdez, who singled to get on. The jack was followed by a walk, ending Hoey's night after 2/3 innings and four earned runs. Also not seeing his Sounds debut go in a positive direction was Kyle Heckathorn, who entered in relief to allow a double to Kevin Mattison and an RBI-single to Lucas, who later scored on a fielder's choice, making it 11-0 in the eighth. The Z's final run came in the ninth, on an RBI-single to right field by Mattison that scored Diaz, who reached first on an missed grounder by Hainley Statia at third base. Offensively the Sounds mustered only five hits, led by second baseman Scooter Gennett, who had two. Also recording hits were right fielder Cole Garner, third baseman Stephen Parker, and catcher Dayton Buller. Netting the win for New Orleans was starting pitcher LHP Brad Hand (1-0), who fanned seven Sounds and walked three in five innings of work. Relievers Scott Maine, Doug Mathis, and A.J. Battisto combined for the shutout. The Sounds will play game three of their four-game series against the Z's Saturday night at Greer Stadium (6:35 p.m.). RHP Johnny Hellweg (0-0, 0.00) gets the nod for Nashville opposite RHP Jacob Turner (0-0, 0.00) for New Orleans. Nashville Box Gennett: 2-4 Hunter Morris: 0-3, BB Garner: 1-3, BB, OF Assist Caleb Gindl: 0-3, BB Parker: 1-3 Buller: 1-2, BB, 1/1 CS Burgos: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K, HBP, 69 TP (42 strikes), 4:2 GO:FO Olmsted: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 6 R/ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 1:1 GO:FO Hoey: 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R/ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0:2 GO:FO Heckathorn: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R/1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 5:0 GO:FO Nashville PbP Burgos was in hot water after surrendering a triple to the game's first batter, and then a one-out walk... but he was able to induce a critical double-play ball to escape unscathed: New Orleans Top of the 1st -Kevin Mattison triples (1) on a line drive to right fielder Cole Garner. -Ed Lucas strikes out swinging. -Bryan Petersen walks. -Ben Lasater grounds into a double play, shortstop Josh Prince to second baseman Scooter Gennett to first baseman Hunter Morris. Bryan Petersen out at 2nd. Nashville loaded the bases with two outs in the second, but came up empty: Nashville Bottom of the 2nd -Sean Halton called out on strikes. -Caleb Gindl walks. -Cole Garner flies out to center fielder Kevin Mattison. -Stephen Parker singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Mattison. Caleb Gindl to 3rd. -Dayton Buller walks. Stephen Parker to 2nd. -Hiram Burgos strikes out swinging. And as I noted earlier in today's thread, the Sounds were then cut down at the plate trying to open the scoring in the 5th: Nashville Bottom of the 5th -Stephen Parker strikes out swinging. -Dayton Buller singles on a ground ball to left fielder Matt Diaz. -Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Anderson De La Rosa replaces Hiram Burgos. -Anderson De La Rosa walks. Dayton Buller to 2nd. -Josh Prince called out on strikes. -Scooter Gennett singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Mattison. Dayton Buller out at home on the throw, center fielder Kevin Mattison to catcher Koyie Hill. Nashville Gameday

Todd Rosiak tweet:

Well, to be fair, who would want beer & BBQ at a baseball game? I mean... come on.

Great take on that 1-2 splitter by Lucroy. What a pitch.

Well I'll be damned. A nice PA from Yuni Betancourt. Well done.

Down two runs, bottom of the 9th... and up steps... ugh. Betancourt.

Fire Marshall Logan can!

A couple of slammers & the Sounds would be right back in this thing...

He still looked a bit twitchy, but I agree. Nice to see him able to hold back... good in-game progress.

Ok Khrush. Time to khrush.

No kidding. He hardly even flinched.

With the bullpen WOAHs in Milwaukee, Mike Olmsted's terrible outing doesn't exactly help his chances at getting called up anytime soon.

Great Ron! Leave Gonzalez in to face a righty -- he's been cruising!

Burgos's final line: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K, HBP, 69 TP (42 strikes), 4:2 GO:FO

The Sounds almost broke the deadlock, but not quite: Nashville Bottom of the 5th -Stephen Parker strikes out swinging. -Dayton Buller singles on a ground ball to left fielder Matt Diaz. -Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Anderson De La Rosa replaces Hiram Burgos. -Anderson De La Rosa walks. Dayton Buller to 2nd. -Josh Prince called out on strikes. -Scooter Gennett singles on a line drive to center fielder Kevin Mattison. Dayton Buller out at home on the throw, center fielder Kevin Mattison to catcher Koyie Hill.

I don't know if it's just rust, or what... but González looks downright awful at the plate so far this season.

I have a bad feeling about this. I won't relax about Ramírez's knee until he's given a clean bill of health and played for a week or so with no problems.