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Game Thread #31: Brewers (16-14) at Astros (15-16)

Mordecai_brown_tiny by Jeff Sackmann on in Game Threads

I really would not like to be swept by the Astros.  Fortunately, Ben Sheets probably feels the same way.  He's matching up with Chris Sampson, which normally wouldn't feel like a fair fight, but this weekend, it seems like Houston has been spotted three home runs per game.

I answered some questions for the SBN Astros blogger; you can read what I have to say here.  And here's the BR Game Preview.  The action starts at 1:05 CT.

Project-a-tron gives the Brewers a 57.43% shot at winning today's contest.  That's about the same margin by which it favored the Astros in the opener, and we all know how that turned out.

Go Brewers!

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Well at least the game is in HD in the Milwaukee Market

So we can watch those Majestic Astros home runs leave the park and watch the Brewers Hitters fail with RISP in glorious HD

Unless DirecTV screws it up again and gives the Milwaukee market the San Diego HD feed something they have done at least twice this season

Its all about the Bullpen this season that is the key.

by WSB Chris on May 4, 2008 11:55 AM CDT   0 recs

Failing with RISP

It’s always interesting how the team is still hitting above average with RISP but once they lose a couple in a row, that’s pointed to as a problem.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 12:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Stop making sense

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 12:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm just a Talking Head at heart

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 12:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

This ain't no party

This ain’t no disco.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 12:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

This is not my beautiful house.

This is not my beautiful wife.

Same as it ever was…

"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 4, 2008 12:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Or CBGB

I aint got time for that now

by Lake County on May 4, 2008 1:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How may baserunners have they left stranded in two games in Houston?

Are you trying to tell me that everything has been fine the last two games.

Just trying to understand where you are coming from Jay that is all

I know a lot of you watch this game with little or no passion it is strictly about the numbers

but some of us cannot do that.

And I call loading the bases twice in the first 4 innings of game one and only getting one run failure

I call only scoring two runs against a tomato can yesterday failure This is supposed to be a Godzilla line up, a line up that should be able to carry a couple of young starters on occasion but on most nights lately has failed.

They sure looked above avg with RISP during that Marlins series

It must suck to only see baseball as a mathematical equation.

Keep telling yourself that everything is fine.

Its all about the Bullpen this season that is the key.

by WSB Chris on May 4, 2008 12:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes, if you look at only the past two games, it’s a horror story. It’s a good thing the season’s longer than two games.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 12:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice job on the questions Jeff...

"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 4, 2008 11:59 AM CDT   0 recs

Brewers
2B Rickie Weeks
CF Mike Cameron
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
RF Corey Hart
3B Bill Hall
SS Craig Counsell
RHP Ben Sheets
C Jason Kendall

Astros
CF Michael Bourn
2B Kaz Matsui
SS Miguel Tejada
1B Lance Berkman
LF Carlos Lee
RF Hunter Pence
3B Ty Wigginton
C J.R. Towles
RHP Chris Sampson

Whenever prince is at first, he should charge the mound and yell "MEAT!"

by jihad on May 4, 2008 12:30 PM CDT   0 recs

Sampson

I like his simplistic ERA graph on Fan Graphs.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 12:41 PM CDT   0 recs

Dear god

the Brewers need to win convincingly today.

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 4, 2008 12:56 PM CDT   0 recs

Man.

I just stopped by the Dodgers page…That place is a fucking graveyard. Thanks for the Jeff Kent insight, Tue Blue LA.

There really are no Dodgers fans.

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 4, 2008 12:59 PM CDT   0 recs

Classy.

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 4, 2008 1:01 PM CDT   0 recs

Damn

now?

YES!

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 4, 2008 1:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Nice

Weeks climbs out of an 0-2 hole and singles sharply to left.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:08 PM CDT   0 recs

he was really crackin the ball yesterday

wasn’t Pence’s “catch” a ball he hit?

by ol Pete on May 4, 2008 1:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, but he didn't hit it well, it was just a bloop

The one Lee caught back in the well in left was a real bullet though.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

that sounds so odd

Lee catching a bullet.

by ol Pete on May 4, 2008 1:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Whoa

Rickie’s hitting over .200 again.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 1:08 PM CDT   0 recs

Velocity is better for Sheets today

92

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:23 PM CDT   0 recs

Is the scouting report always transparent?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:24 PM CDT   0 recs

Ump likes the curveball strikes today

Good sign.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:26 PM CDT   0 recs

Sheets blowing Tejada away helps too

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Or whiskey

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

whiskey

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 4, 2008 1:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That would be affirmative

Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay

by verno329 on May 4, 2008 1:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Easy tiger

It’s only 1:30

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hell

I’m already started on vodka & sprite #1

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 4, 2008 1:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice first inning by Sheets

Worked quickly and had control. Nice to have this after the week we’ve had

Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay

by verno329 on May 4, 2008 1:30 PM CDT   0 recs

Hall murdered that baseball

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:30 PM CDT   0 recs

The Astros fans are saying "Run Carlos!"

“Please?”

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Cue

Insensitive joke about the Kentucky Derby yesterday.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 1:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Squeeze

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:33 PM CDT   0 recs

RBI double!

My god.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:33 PM CDT   0 recs

Sheets

That’s his first extra base hit since May 16, 2002.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 1:33 PM CDT   0 recs

You beat me by two seconds

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I was already looking up his stats

To see when his last multiple hit game was, just in case.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 1:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh wow

I thought that was a homer, and Sheets got thrown out at home.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on May 4, 2008 1:36 PM CDT   0 recs

yesterday

The Astros broacasters showed video of Ben with his son; who they said could hit better than Ben. Take that.

by Big In 2015 on May 4, 2008 1:36 PM CDT   0 recs

Astros announcers

“Sheets not much of a hitter”
-crack of the bat for Sheets’ RBI double

oops

Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay

by verno329 on May 4, 2008 1:36 PM CDT   0 recs

definatly

Harveys Wallbangers, Bambie's Bombers, Yosts....youngsters?

by harveyswallbangers on May 4, 2008 1:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sheets

Hopefully he’s not too amped up by the double and the call at home plate and pitches effectively next inning.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 1:37 PM CDT   0 recs

then again

Ben would get hurt sliding knowing our luck

by Lake County on May 4, 2008 1:37 PM CDT   0 recs

J.R. Towles in his mask

Reminds me of Seth McClung, for some reason.

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by TheJay on May 4, 2008 1:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How on earth...

...did Sheets hit a Double, I just checked out the Gameday at work and…seriously? Did the outfielder fall down?

by ZTK Always on Vacation on May 4, 2008 1:39 PM CDT   0 recs