BruisedCrew

See if the Brewers can eke out another win with 2 runs.

Getting that runner out of scoring position was critical.

Misiorowski is done..Can’t carry the team by himself. At least he kept the team in the game on his last pitch.

Rea is unhittable. i think the jokes about the Cubs sorry pitching staff can stop now.

If they can’t get this run in I’m going to puke.

Were you talking to the Cubs? They listened.

And now Rea has the upper hand.

The Brewers offense has been frustrating this week, especially the inability to produce with RISP. They’re going to waste another of Misiorowski’s starts if they don’t break out of it.

Why is Turang bunting? I didn’t have the game on TV. Was he bunting for a hit?

I saw the item about Gasser being available in the bullpen for this series before joining the rotation in the Reds series. I thought Murphy had said previously that they would be going to a 5 man rotation. One way to reconcile the two statements would be to have Gasser start on Tuesday but be available for relief if needed early in the weekend. That would leave Sproat, Gasser, Mis, and Harrison for the Reds with Drohan taking over for Gasser as the bullpen option. That would set Mis, Harrison, Woodruff, Sproat and Gasser as the 5 man rotation until Henderson returns.

I don’t care if he goes more than 5 innings if the Brewers score at least 5 runs against him.

You’re probably remembering the game at Wrigley in August. Rea held the Brewers to 1 run on just 3 hits through 5.2 innings and left with a 3-1 lead. An inherited runner scored to cut the lead to 3-2 and the Cubs went on to win 4-3. That game (which was also started by Misiorowski) was especially frustrating because Rea walked 5 but wriggled out of jams. It was also the Cubs third straight win over the Brewers after sweeping a doubleheader the day before. Hopefully they can do more with Rea tonight.

The Cubs have found their offense the last 10 days or so while the Brewers seem to have misplaced theirs. In the last 3 series (9 games) the Brewers have scored just 2 runs in 5 of the games and just 3 in one other. Fortunately the Brewers were able to win 3 of those 6 games, but they probably wouldn’t be as fortunate against the Cubs as they were against the light hitting Guardians and Reds. (We’ll never know for sure how much, if any, impact the batting eye issues in GAB had in the first two games of that series). On paper the Brewers have a huge starting pitcher advantage on Friday and Saturday. If the Cubs can win this series even with that disadvantage they will be feeling pretty good about themselves. The Cubs SP situation is pretty bad, but the SP the Brewers will be facing aren’t any worse than the ones that shut them down in Cincinnati. I think it’s critical that the Brewers offense knock the Cubs SP around to give the pitching staff some cushion

The prediction of an 8-6 type game appears to be taking shape.

The B bullpen is having problems bringing this home.

There have been plenty in Cincinnati too

My guess is that Anderson is set up to be the first option out of the bullpen if the starter runs into trouble early, and with 5 straight days of starters going at least 6 innings he hasn’t been needed. I expect Anderson to be the first pitcher out of the bullpen today almost no matter what the situation is.

Sunshine expected again today. When was the last time the Brewers played a midsummer series in Cincinnati without at least one rain delay? interesting to see if the hitters continue to have problems with the background and shadows.

During the telecast last night, the announcers brought up how the sun was shining brightly on the batters eye and with the pitcher in the shade that made picking up the ball difficult for hitters. They said that the sun would be on the batters eye until much later in the game. In his postgame comments, Murphy made a statement that it is difficult for hitters in this park at this time of year. He said that none of the hitters have said anything about this to him but that he “hears things through the grapevine”. The fact here is that four different starting pitchers, 3 who have struggled for most of the season and one who is coming off a rehab assignment where he struggled to get through the fourth inning of a Class A game, had dominating performances with a high number of strikeouts and a low number of hits.The two teams combined for just 12 hits in 38 half innings. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but I find it easy to believe that the conditions have had a significant effect on the low number of hits and high number of hitters looking lost at the plate. It’s accepted that twilight is the toughest time to hit, and a park could have a configuration that makes it even tougher, especially on the longest days of the year when the sunshine is around longer. if we’ve never seen this in Cincinnati before it might be because it seems like most Brewer games there in midsummer are played in cloudy conditions and are delayed by rain. It will be interesting to see if anything more is said about this tonight and if the dominant pitching continues.

There must be something with the twilight starts at this time of year that makes it hard for the hitters in that park. They did make a comment early in the game about the sun on the batters eye.

It is, but you actually have to hit the ball. The Brewers are having problems with that part.

Right now I’m wondering if it’s good enough to win this series.

Once Vaughn walked I wasn’t expecting a run. Most of these guys are looking like they can’t see the ball

Is it difficult to see the ball in the twilight in this park because these pitchers with their huge ERAs are making the Brewers hitters look helpless.

If they do that it would mean 4 starts for both Misiorowski and Harrison before the All Star break. They would each have a start in the Cubs, Reds, Cardinals, and Pirates series. Misiorowski would start the Saturday before the All Star Game and would be good for an inning in the game. I’m sure MLB wants him to pitch an inning.