BruisedCrew

Maybe I wasn’t watching the game closely enough, or had my eyes closed as Ashby was putting the runners on to bring the tying run to the plate. The first time I saw Uribe throwing was in the top of the 9th alongside Yoho. It looked like a situation where they were going to bring Uribe in unless the lead got significantly larger. If Uribe was already heating up in the 8th and would have replaced Ashby if he put another runner on it does make sense to just bring him in for the 9th instead of heating up Megill too.

The unanswerable question about Vaughn is whether he would be hitting better if he had been getting more consistent ABs all along. There’s no question that Yelich has been horrible for some time now and there is certainly a rational argument that the offense would have been better off if he had gotten more ABs as DH than Yelich, even against RHP. When someone says that Yelich should be moved down in the order, that seems to support that argument. Vaughn’ seems better suited to batting sixth or seventh than Yelich in his current state.

In honor of Bonnie Tyler I was holding out for a hero, and Henderson delivered what was needed.

Interesting that he’s going with you Uribe instead of Megill who has not pitched since Monday.

Maybe in the same place as all of the people who said Jordan Walker wou.ld be coming down to earth.

The Cubs have a potent offense that went through an inexplicable slump earlier this year. But their pitching has been scrambled by injuries. If they can get some pitchers back and add a couple others at the deadline they will be a likely playoff team and could definitely challenge the Brewers for the division. The last time I looked at projections they had them with about the same record as the Brewers the rest of the way. The projections seem to recognize that the Brewers offense is more middle of the pack than elite.

The Orioles only had 3 hits in the game. Alonso had a HR early, and the tying and winning runs scored on back to back HBPs and a 2 run pinch hit double

The Cubs and Orioles were scheduled for tonight but they moved the start time up to this afternoon because of storms in the forecast.. Based on radar and comments from the announcers about the sky getting darker they might mot have started early enough.

The Cardinals often play afternoon games on getaway days, but apparently that’s only when it’s a getaway day for them. Screw the opponent. This could be even more significant today because the forecast in St. Louis calls for a chance of scattered thunderstorms at times during the day and tonight. It might have been helpful to get the game in before any storms move in.

Except for the 7th inning in the second game on Tuesday the Cardinals pitchers have done a pretty good job containing the Brewers offense. The two pitchers the Brewers have faced in the series who are part of the Cardinals regular rotation (May and McGreevey) held them to 1 run in 11 innings. Tonight the Cards start Pallante who (along with McGreevey) has been one of their best starters. Unless the Brewers offense can shake out of its recent malaise it’s going to be another grinder.

He said after the game that he’s been having elbow soreness his last few outings. Probably won’t be seeing him pitch for awhile.

That’s always a bad sign when a pitcher says that he’s been having some elbow soreness for awhile but hasn’t said anything to anyone. He should be going on the IL tomorrow to bring in someone else for this weekend and the first week after the break. Give him the two weeks to see if the problem clears up. It sounds like we shouldn’t be counting on him to be an ace for awhile.

I hope Perkins didn’t unpack his bags. Lara might not make it through this game.

I don’t know about worried, but I think he needs the All-Star break to regroup.

They were always going to use more pitchers because their starters didn’t come from their rotation. Until the seventh inning of the nightcap they did a pretty good job of keeping the Brewers in check. They will need longer starts from their SP the next 2 days, and their closer is well rested. Would like to see the Brewers offense put some pressure on them early while Harrison bounces back with a good solid 5-6 innings.