Brewers 9, Cardinals 7

by Kyle Lobner on Oct 4, 2009 5:08 PM CDT in WPA Game Recaps

W: Trevor Hoffman (3-2)
L: Todd Wellemeyer (7-10)
S: John Axford (1)

MVP: Prince Fielder (+.482)
LVP: Chris Smith (-.329)

They certainly made the last one interesting.

Powered by Prince Fielder's two home runs, including a go-ahead shot in the ninth, the Brewers appeared to be ready to complete a three game sweep of the Cardinals in St. Louis, and untuck one final time for 2009. Fielder's three hits in the game left him with a 2009 batting average of .2994, but also in sole possession of second place on the franchise list for most home runs in a season, with 46.

Alas, it was almost all for naught, as the Cardinals rallied to tie the game on Chris Smith in the eighth and again on Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the ninth, costing him his 38th save and sending the game to extra innings. Then, in the tenth, Jody Gerut drove in the winning run on an infield single, scoring Alcides Escobar with the winning run. Ryan Braun's RBI double drove in another run as the Cardinals imploded defensively,

Jeff Suppan started today's game and went just two innings, allowing one run on two hits, but Chris Narveson picked things up from there, allowing just one additional run over 4.1 innings of work, giving the Brewers an opportunity to run out to a 6-1 lead. With Hoffman already having pitched, John Axford pitched a scoreless tenth to pick up his first major league save.

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Scoreless 10th*

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on Oct 4, 2009 5:12 PM CDT reply actions

80-82

You know me Al.

by TheJay on Oct 4, 2009 5:12 PM CDT reply actions

Not too bad

only 7 wins short of my preseason expectations

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions

My prediction as well.

I’m going to assume this trend holds true, and predict 107 wins for the ’10 Brewers.

by Zorakathura on Oct 4, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Now I can say it.

The ’09 Brewers had a losing season because of the phantom walk in Chicago.
No other reason.
Really.

by Zorakathura on Oct 4, 2009 5:16 PM CDT reply actions

it didn't do anything for DiFelice, that's for sure

by morineko on Oct 4, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions

When I heard their final record

that’s the first game I though of when I had my “if only they had won one more” thoughts

"my goodness"

by BrewHaHeather on Oct 4, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions

I like Telly

He entertained the hell out of me this year. I hope he’s back next season

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 5:16 PM CDT reply actions

He's more awkward than most teenagers

its like he can’t quite wrap his head around what it is he’s doing while he looks around in wonder from the field level and forgets to say a word.

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 4, 2009 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Again, entertaining as all get out.

That’s what sideline guys are supposed to do, in my opinion.

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Trenni was more entertaining

And I didn’t think she was particularly attractive. Fangs. With her cuspids and all.

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 4, 2009 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions

But, yeah

my opinion. Not that Telly isn’t funny to watch.

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 4, 2009 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions

YOU LIE

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Fan's perspective, ya know?

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't want a fan's perspective.

I can just talk to the guy sitting next to me for that.

---
Beyond The Boxscore
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by Jack Moore on Oct 4, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions

No you can't

You’d rather have some boring windbag giving you numbers that we’ve been over 5 times already?

Telly hitting the slide was 10x better than anything any other sideliner has ever given us.

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions

plus you can still see where his nice shoes scuffed the hell out of the slide

"I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
-Sheriff Melvin

by sowingwildoats on Oct 5, 2009 1:46 AM CDT up reply actions

How'd you like to be the guy that has to climb up there to clean that?

Telly got better as the season went along, but I’ll take Trenni a thousand times over.

That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.

by Kyle Lobner on Oct 5, 2009 6:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Trenni = Meh

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 5, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions

That's probably what I would do too :)

What was with Kendall's shaved head?....looks like a fist with eyes.
scsteve (Pirates fan)

Correction: Jason Kendall IS a fist with eyes.
Derek (Brewers fan)

by bluejazz04 on Oct 4, 2009 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

I agree

You know me Al.

by TheJay on Oct 4, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks KL & everyone else for making a tough to watch season a little more bearable.

by Zorakathura on Oct 4, 2009 5:21 PM CDT reply actions

here here

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."

by Hyatt on Oct 4, 2009 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions

Well it's been a generally poor end to the season but I'm going to make the most of it...

In your face Reds!!! Who’s sitting third in the league by a clear TWO WINS!! Oh yes, its the Brew Crew. And where are you? Is that you sitting there in fourth? I think it is!! Who’s had the better season now? Who’s got the last laugh? In your face Carmen Electra, Doris Day, Charles Manson and anyone else born in Cincinnati!! I am soooo going out to get drunk tonight. Cheers Ken for making this success possible…

"I hope your name is Rick"

by MrLeam on Oct 4, 2009 5:21 PM CDT reply actions

You're gonna go out and get drunk?

I’m already there. Slacker.

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I was going to send a reply

sarcastically asking if you were sitting drinking in front of a laptop until I realised that’s what I’d been doing for the last three hours. Then again, it is 11:30pm over here…

"I hope your name is Rick"

by MrLeam on Oct 4, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions

And its Football Sunday in America

No laptop though. I hate laptops

Having troubles with wrapping my mind around Kirbir listening to T.I.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 4, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions

:sigh:

At least I got to see the last out. I’d also like to say thanks to everyone here on BCB for being a fabulous bunch of fans…even when we argue with each other.

(just got back from the Twins game. Freakin’ Twins, they do this all the time, not winning the division….)

by morineko on Oct 4, 2009 5:26 PM CDT reply actions

Finally on to the offseason!

I love the speculation and anticipation leading up to the beginning of next year. It should at least be more entertaining than watching the last month of Brewers baseball.

by Noah Jarosh on Oct 4, 2009 5:41 PM CDT reply actions

Not a terrible way to end the season

Made the Cards go on the road for the playoffs and let us go into the off season with a small but pleasant moral victory

Cards fans have to be a bit uneasy going into the playoffs like this

Let the hot stove season begin

Moving on ready look forward not backwards The 2009 season is over it never happen as far as I am concerned so lets boldly look forward to the 2010 season

by WSB Chris on Oct 4, 2009 5:41 PM CDT reply actions

Fans at Busch

Are none too happy about getting swept by “the lowely brewers”. The attendance was surprisingly lower the I expected… I’d root for them except the few lectures I was given turned me off. I kind of want them to get destroyed to bring them back down.

The “11 times world champions” thing by the game host was fail.

by SgtClueLs on Oct 4, 2009 6:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Yes Cards fans are as obnoxious in their own snooty way

As Cubs fans are in their classless Chicago way ;)

I am going to pull for the Yankees been that kind of year bwahahahahahaha

Moving on ready look forward not backwards The 2009 season is over it never happen as far as I am concerned so lets boldly look forward to the 2010 season

by WSB Chris on Oct 4, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions

I think They're more than a bit uneasy.

It’s not just this series they’ve struggled in and it’s a rare, rare team that can flip the switch on and off like they’ll have to now. Their defense is flat out awful right now.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 4, 2009 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions

thank god thats over

now we can move on to more noble pursuits, like preparing for the next fantasy year, and visiting art museums (done yesterday, go me). I hope sackman posts an off-season reading list, and KL an off season cooking list.

by Hyatt on Oct 4, 2009 5:52 PM CDT reply actions

For what its worth

I won my fantasy league this year, even with the 12/13 pick. Yay me.

Thanks for the advice pre-draft, too.

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Oct 4, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions

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