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Coffey hung a first pitch slider right down the middle to Yuni, big mistake to throw anything in the zone to him on the first pitch. NL first pitch swinging % leaders: RkAgeTmPA1stS 631Mitchell Boggs27STL1100%56D. J. Carrasco34NYM1100%112Todd Frazier25CIN1100%153Aaron Heilman32ARI1100%199Brandon Kintzler26MIL1100%224Brandon Lyon31HOU1100%314Francisco Rodriguez29NYM1100%327Fernando Salas26STL1100%313Aneury Rodriguez23HOU580%378Ryan Vogelsong33SFG1275%390Josh Wilson30ARI1070%229Cristhian Martinez29ATL367%358Julio Teheran20ATL367%340Jordan Schafer*24ATL560%48Sean Burroughs*30ARI757%143Jason Hammel28COL2357%399Carlos Zambrano#30CHC2357%117Armando Galarraga29ARI1656%110Juan Francisco*24CIN2055%147Aaron Harang33SDP2055%88R.A. Dickey36NYM1753%181Jason Jaramillo#28PIT1553%239James McDonald*26PIT1953%58Andrew Cashner24CHC250%71Kevin Correia30PIT2650%166Jamie Hoffmann26LAD450%212Cliff Lee*32PHI2250%223Cory Luebke26SDP450%259Charlie Morton27PIT2450%269Jonathon Niese*24NYM2450%308Greg Reynolds25COL650%311Mike Rivera34MIL650%318Esmil Rogers25COL1050%328Jeff Samardzija26CHC250%87Matt Diaz33PIT8049%45Madison Bumgarner21SFG2148%79Jorge de la Rosa*30COL2348%118Yovani Gallardo25MIL2948%140Roy Halladay34PHI2948%172Tim Hudson35ATL2348%120Jon Garland31LAD1346%179Joe Inglett*33HOU2846%396Chris Young32NYM1145%257Mike Morse29WSN11844%6Bronson Arroyo34CIN2143%1Yuniesky Betancourt29MIL17743%93Lucas Duda*25NYM2343%96Brad Emaus25NYM4243%169Chin-lung Hu27NYM2343%210Sam LeCure27CIN743%305Jeremy Reed*30MIL743%141Cole Hamels*27PHI2442%237Kyle McClellan27STL2642%2Miguel Montero*27ARI16442%361Marcus Thames34LAD3642%391Randy Wolf*34MIL1942%243Jason Michaels35HOU3441%3Aramis Ramirez33CHC18341%331Anibal Sanchez27FLA2241%4Lance Berkman#35STL17140%5John Buck30FLA16140%47Emmanuel Burriss#26SFG2040%54Chris Capuano*32NYM1540%73Scott Cousins*26FLA4240%175Cedric Hunter*23SDP540%225Paul Maholm*29PIT2040%264Brett Myers30HOU2040%285Ronny Paulino30NYM4540%6Carlos Pena*33CHC16240%7Carlos Gomez25MIL18439%216Kyle Lohse32STL3139%379Edinson Volquez27CIN1839%393Travis Wood24CIN1839%5Rick Ankiel*31WSN12038%16Brandon Beachy24ATL1638%8Marlon Byrd33CHC18238%145Tommy Hanson24ATL2138%273Bud Norris26HOU2138%398Matt Young*28ATL2138%18Brandon Belt*23SFG6037%9Ike Davis*24NYM14937%10Yadier Molina28STL16437%10Jeff Baker30CHC8736%89Greg Dobbs*32FLA11336%91Matt Downs27HOU6136%122Dillon Gee25NYM1136%11Brad Hawpe*32SDP15136%12Casey McGehee28MIL20436%265Xavier Nady32ARI8336%13Gerardo Parra*24ARI15136%

Espinosa is .201/.302/.396 and on deck. Im not saying IBB Morse but if he walks its not a terrible result. After watching Morse homer on a great pitch by Grienke Id be pretty careful.

I'd strongly consider bringing Ax in here

Would be nice to have a LOOGY here.

I always find it interesting that the 100+ pitch count numbers are the best. The book also tries to address why the trend is reversed but there is no solid explanation. I always thought that the only time guys pitch that deep into games is when they have their best stuff

It would be interesting to see a race between Coffey to the mound vs Gomez around the bases.

Before this AB Casey has a .700 OPS

I know its late but I just saws Morse's HR on gameday, that pitch had insane movement, Grienke will probably say the pitch did exactly what he wanted it to do.

Gameday had that up and in, borderline strike. If you are going to swing 3-0 it better only be on FBs down the middle.

Ax misses a chance for the 4th K

The only reason Kotsay is hitting ahead of Lucroy is because he has been in the league for a longer amount of time. It is so frustrating that is the reasoning RRR uses.

Not that anyone would notice/care besides me but Shantz won the '52 AL MVP with the Philadelphia A's going 24-7, 2.48 ERA, 152/60 K/BB in 279.2 IP.

Axford: 13 strikes, 2 balls, 2 K

Marcum is due to face the heart of the order, CarGo, Tulo and Smith. Tonight they are 2-8, 2B, HR, BB, K against him. Marcum has retired the last 10 hitters he has faced.

Gomez with another out on the bases, at least he wasnt the tying run

Well Braun is 10-0 on SBs but has been picked off 2 days in a row.

Well McGehee should have bunted there

Dave Nilsson Henry Blanco Paul Bako Eddie Perez Chad Moeller Damian Miller Johnny Estrada Jason Kendall Jonathan Lucroy ....I hope so!

leadoff double, get him over and get him in.

I liked Dale Sveum, at least he came in and shook things up a little bit and took Parra out of the rotation.

Yes it is, he could have told Fielder to shorten up and get the run in during the first inning and had McGehee hit behind the runner/bunt in the 4th inning to get a R3 1 out. He also could have used a major league baseball player to pinch hit in the 8th, such as Wade (Boggs)

I cant even blame RRR because literally every single manager in baseball does the exact same thing, there is absolutely no difference between any managers. They all just fill out the lineup with the highest paid players and always give priority to aging veterans who have "earned it". They leave the SP in until the pitch count tells to change no matter what any other circumstances are, and always have their closer pitch the entire 9th. And the offensive strategy is just always let your players try to hit dingers every single at bat, give your fast guys the green light, and put on 3 hit-and-runs per season. Only play for 1 run in the 9th inning and at NO OTHER TIME. Ok rant over go get em Zach tomorrow

Interesting how the Padres can get the run in without a hit, which the Brewers failed at multiple times in this game.

high fastballs here

Honestly, Roenicke is pure garbage. This isn't a small sample anymore...he just doesn't know how to manage. He does know how to keep the players happy which actually may be more valuable than making the right tactical decision every time.