It would figure that a squibber that Shaw makes a low toss on and Peralta can’t handle would set the stage for the Cardinals to break the game open (meaning one run or more).
The Brewers offense is about as consistent as they come. Against any pitcher with a pulse they’re lucky to get a run or two. Against a team’s bottom of the rotation or emergency starter, like what they saw from the Marlins on Saturday, they have a chance to “explode” for 4 or 5.
Already the 4th no hitter this year in MLB. So much for more balls in play. Am I the only one who doesn’t get excited about no hitters anymore? They have become way too common for me to consider them special, and much more often than not they are thrown by pitchers who are not in the elite category.
When you only have like 4 position players on the bench, and one of those is the backup catcher, there aren’t likely to be a lot of good PH options if you have to start using them in the 4th inning. Like it matters when they are essentially throwing in the towel with the pitchers they’re forced to use. It’s pretty likely the Marlins will be getting to double digits today as they continue to look like a much better team than the Brewers.
Agree that Rogers is tough, but for some reason in my mind he completely shutdown the Brewers hitters, so I was pleasantly surprised to be reminded that some of the hitters in tonight’s lineup faired alright against him last time out, or at least combined for a few hits... Wong: 2-for-3 Taylor: 2-for-3 Urias: 1-for-1 McKinney: 1-for-2 Things are really tough when you’re encouraged that the team managed a few hits while getting shut out and losing 8-0.
Unless Burnes is going to come back, the pitching matchups this weekend will be horrible. Rogers and Alcantara are both candidates to shut out this sorry lineup, and the Brewers will be countering with their 4th starter and two scrap heap fill ins against a lineup that did well against the Brewers (including Burnes) last week.
Woodruff failed to do what he had to do to give the Brewers a chance to win. The fact that it wasn’t good enough tells us all we need to know about where this Brewers team is headed. How dare he give up a run. He also didn't get any hits. I’m blaming Woodruff for this loss.
Woodruff failed to do what he had to do to give the Brewers a chance to win. The fact that it wasn’t good enough tells us all we need to know about where this Brewers team is headed.
If Woodruff can pitch at least 7 shutout innings the Brewers have a chance today. Otherwise it will be tough. Wheeler has been good lately and should thrive against this lineup. I was at the game in 2019 in which Woodruff pitched 8 innings against the Phillies and never had a runner on base. The only think keeping him from being perfect was a HR by the backup catcher. I would take an outing like that today, though it might mean a 1-0 loss.
I would agree that the Brewers are not nearly as good as 17-10 or as bad as the last 4 days. But, the point in between is likely below .500. It’s hard to win more than you lose when you can only win games if the pitching is near perfect.
I was late to the turning on the game tonight, and knew immediately that there was no reason to watch it. Check the score occasionally to see if it’s become a contest while I watch other things.
Baseball seems to be adopting more of the “load management” model followed by the NBA. It’s really a slap in the face to the paying fans if you buy a ticket for a game in which several of the team’s best healthy players are given a day off.
Looks like the Brewers are effectively conceding to Nola. Rest tonight and hope to do better with Peralta and Woodruff pitching. Nola is on my fantasy team so I should be getting a boost there.
They also could use something more than brief moments of competence from Garcia and JBJ. Having 1B and RF as the weak spots in the lineup is ridiculous.
There’s no question that the pitching will not be as good as it has been to date. If they can keep Wong, Cain, Yelich, and Narvaez in the lineup on a regular basis, the offense should be better. They do have to fill that black hole at first base.
Two hits would have been unlikely, but Vogelbach making contact and hitting one out was conceivable. Now it’s the bottom of the order going into the ninth.