It hasn't gotten a ton of attention because the Brewers still won last night, but Roenicke's excuse for using Hawkins over Braddock in the eighth is dumbfounding. --- "It was a matchup for 'Hawk,'?" manager Ron Roenicke said. "If we would have done it a little different, it probably would have been (lefty Zach) Braddock." Hawkins entered the game as something of an anomaly, limiting lefties to a .162 average --- I don't know whether to be encouraged to know that Roenicke actually does use splits, or discouraged because he misreads them so terribly. Actually, it's definitely the second one. Apparently 38 appearances means everything to Ron, because that's how many lefties have against Hawkins this year. Meanwhile, looking at 17 seasons and 2,591 PAs, lefties have an .809 OPS against Hawkins. Hey, it's almost like this season's numbers are a statistical anomaly! I can't actually believe it's the second time already this season that he sent up the decidedly wrong reliever to face Votto late in a close game.